For many years, anti-dumping against Chinese products by foreign countries has bled China a total of about US$10 billion and in 2000, China finally took up the anti-dumping arms, deciding to take actions against steels, materials of chemical industry and other commodities imported from some countries.
On April 13, 2000, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) announced its temporary anti-dumping measures to impose on the cold-rolled stainless steel imported from Japan and the Republic of Korea.
On October 25, 2000, MOFTEC and the State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) made the final ruling on anti-dumping investigation on polyester pellicle from the Republic of Korea.
On September 11, 2000, MOFTEC and SETC made the final judgment on cold-rolled steel from Russia, deciding to levy anti-dumping duties on the aforesaid imported goods for five years.
On November 23, 2000, MOFTEC and SETC announced to implement temporary anti-dumping measures against the acrylate from Japan, Germany and the United States.
On December 8, 2000, MOFTEC decided to extend the time-limit to 18 months for carrying out the anti-dumping investigation against the acrylate from Japan, Germany and the United States.
On December 18, 2000, MOFTEC announced to collect anti-dumping taxes over the cold-rolled stainless steel sheets made in Japan and the Republic of Korea.
(People's Daily 01/03/2000)
