The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China issued a public announcement today (27th) imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on imported beer and certain hot-rolled flat-rolled steel products produced from mainland China.
According to the news release by the Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China, in the anti-dumping investigation cases involving imported beer and specific hot-rolled flat-rolled steel products manufactured in mainland China (hereinafter referred to as the beer anti-dumping case and the steel anti-dumping case), the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economic Affairs have preliminarily determined the existence of dumping activities and substantial harm to domestic industries. In order to prevent further damage to Taiwan’s industry during the investigation period, the Ministry of Finance announced that provisional anti-dumping duties will be imposed on the aforementioned products starting from July 3 for a duration of 4 months.
The Taiwan Customs Administration explained that in the preliminary results of the anti-dumping investigations on beer and hot-rolled flat-rolled steel products, the Tariff Rate Review Panel of the Ministry of Finance (referred to as the review panel) at its 62nd meeting on June 26 preliminarily determined that all implicated manufacturers from mainland China engaged in dumping practices. The provisional duty rates for the relevant manufacturers are as follows:
Regarding the provisional duty rates for manufacturers, in the beer anti-dumping case, the duty rates are set at 33.85% for related manufacturers such as Anheuser-Busch InBev Brewing (associated manufacturer), Anheuser-Busch InBev (Zhangzhou) Brewing (associated manufacturer), Anheuser-Busch (Wuhan) Brewing (associated manufacturer), and Anheuser-Busch Southeast Sales Co., Ltd. (associated exporter); 13.13% for Tsingtao Brewery (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd.; and 64.14% for other manufacturers or exporters.
In the steel anti-dumping case, the related manufacturers include Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (associated manufacturer), Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (associated manufacturer), and Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (associated manufacturer), with a provisional duty rate of 16.9%. The provisional duty rate for other manufacturers or exporters is 20.15%.
Furthermore, the Customs Administration emphasized that in accordance with Article 14 and Article 16 of the Regulations on the Implementation of Countervailing Duties and Anti-dumping Duties, the Ministry of Finance is required to make a final determination on dumping activities within 60 days from the date of the preliminary determination announcement. If the final determination confirms the existence of dumping practices, the Ministry of Economic Affairs will be requested to make a final determination within 40 days on whether the dumping has caused harm to Taiwan’s industry.
Upon receiving notification from the Ministry of Economic Affairs regarding harm to Taiwan’s industry, the Ministry of Finance will submit the case to the review panel for consideration within 10 days. The review panel will base its decision primarily on factors such as dumping and industrial harm, taking into account the impact of the case on the overall national economic interests in determining whether to impose anti-dumping duties.
For the public announcements on the provisional imposition of anti-dumping duties in the beer and steel cases, as well as the preliminary determinations of dumping and industrial harm, please visit the Taiwan Customs Administration’s official website (https://web.customs.gov.tw/Customs_ENglish/Inquire_website/index.html) and the Bureau of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Economic Affairs’ official website (https://www.trade.gov.tw/Trade/PagesList.aspx?nodeID=4) for further details.