On December 8, 2015, Korea COCMO Chemical filed an application for anti-dumping investigation. On December 29, 2015, the Korean Trade Commission decided to initiate an anti-dumping investigation against the rutile titanium dioxide. The customs code of the product involved was 3206.11.0000. On March 28, 2016, the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) held a hearing on the anti-dumping case against titanium dioxide produced in China and heard opinions from parties involved in the case other than the applicant. Hangzhou Datasports Equipment Co.,Ltd(Oembicycle) , https://www.oembicycle.com
The China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association actively organizes and assists enterprises in their efforts to respond to investigations, and strives to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests in export anti-dumping cases. With the active efforts of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association and the Chinese titanium dioxide company, it lasted for more than eight months. Today, the South Korean official officially announced the termination of the anti-dumping investigation.
The conference was hosted by the KTC and was chaired by the team leader of the damage investigation team in this case. The members of the investigation team were dumped. The Legal Affairs Department of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Corporate Rights Protection Center of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the China Titanium Dioxide Association, the Sichuan Longxi Group, the Henan Lili Chemical Co., Ltd., the Ningbo Xinfu Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd., the Korea Paint Ink Association, and the Korea Titanium Dioxide Enterprise South Korean importers such as South Korea's Dragonfly dealers and Korean downstream industry representatives attended the meeting.
Liu Chao, deputy director of the Legal Affairs Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that for more than a decade, Chinese titanium dioxide companies have established mutual trust and mutual benefit with Korean domestic downstream companies. The occasional suspension of production by individual Korean companies was due to market changes and mismanagement, and China The normal export of the company has nothing to do. At the same time, in the history of WTO, it was extremely rare to open anti-dumping investigations on the ground of “blocking the establishment of industries.†It is more sensitive to open the case at the beginning of the China-ROK FTA. China’s CCPIT expressed concern and emphasis on the follow-up development of the case, and urged the South Korean investigation authority to deal with the damage investigation and dumping investigation in a fair and compliant manner, and hoped to eventually make a no-damage decision and revoke the case in accordance with the law.
On March 29, 2016, the Korean Liquor Titanium Dioxide Reaction Counseling Delegation organized by the Legal Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the Corporate Rights Protection Center, and the China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association held talks with the Korean Paint and Printing Ink Association, and the Deputy Secretary-General of the China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association paid a Jiang introduced the status quo and development of China's coating inks, and elaborated on the relevant issues in this case. The two parties exchanged views and reached consensus on the case response and industry consultation. Both parties will actively respond to and cooperate with each other in the follow-up investigation. The Deputy General Manager Yu Haiyan of the Korea Representative Office of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade attended the talks.
On March 30, the Chinese delegation met with the Korea Trade Association. Vice Minister Liu Chao of the Legal Department of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Director of the Korea-China FTA Comprehensive Support Center Li Changxuan exchanged views on implementing the China-ROK FTA and enhancing commercial legal services. And reached a consensus on the Korean anti-dumping case against titanium dioxide in China conducted in-depth lobbying. The two sides will learn from each other's experience, give full play to their own advantages, and better serve the business communities of both countries. Representative Deputy Chief Yu Haiyan from South Korea attended the talks. In the evening, he reported to the leader of the Economic and Commercial Department of the Chinese Embassy in South Korea about the case.
Fu Yijiang, deputy secretary-general of the China Titanium Dioxide Industry Association, said that in the process of anti-dumping, companies need the help and guidance of the government, they also need the coordination of industry associations to coordinate the interests and mutual relations between enterprises, at the same time in the market, statistics , industry information and other aspects to provide professional services to enterprises, form a good situation for enterprises and industry associations to jointly safeguard the interests of the country and the industry.
Export has always been an important factor in driving the rapid growth of China's titanium dioxide industry. China's titanium dioxide industry has begun to exert its efforts in the high-end product market, improve quality and win the recognition of the international market, plus the price advantage, China's titanium dioxide in the international market The competitiveness has been further improved and the export volume has been continuously increasing. Statistics show that since January-June this year, a total of 348,506.326 tons of titanium dioxide have been exported, a year-on-year increase of 28.04%. Today, the end of anti-dumping cases in South Korea, exports favored the "Golden September".