Metallurgy / Chemicals / Rubber & Plastics

The Brazilian government issued a final ruling on January 28, 2022, deciding to close the anti-dumping investigation against China's aluminum sheet, strip and foil without any measures. The Chinese side finally won an overall victory through the industry's no-damage defense that lasted more than a year and a half. This is another victory for the Chinese aluminum industry in the past six months, following the Thailand aluminum foil safeguard case, which not only effectively safeguarded the interests of exporters , which further encouraged and boosted the confidence and confidence of industry enterprises to deal with trade frictions.

On July 29, 2020, the Brazilian government announced the launch of an anti-dumping investigation into China's aluminum sheet, strip and foil. During the investigation period, China exported about 100,000 tons of the products involved in the case to Brazil, accounting for less than 3% of the global total. Although the trade volume is not large, Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and acts as a weather vane. The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association attaches great importance to it, reacts quickly, and actively organizes key enterprises involved in the case to carry out industry-free defense defenses. Under the guidance of the Trade Remedy Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and the support of local commercial authorities, industry associations, key enterprises and lawyers have formed a joint force to defend the scope of the products involved, explain the market economic status of China's aluminum industry, analyze product subdivisions, Commented on public interest implications, proposed price commitment proposals, filed numerous counterarguments, and engaged in extensive and productive communications with investigating authorities. During the period, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association took the initiative to communicate with various stakeholders such as the industry associations of the complaining countries, manufacturers and importers. Deputy Secretary Fan Shunke led the team to conduct many in-depth and friendly consultations with the Pakistani side, strived to increase trust and dispel doubts, and actively sought Proper solution. In the response to the lawsuit, based on the core of the investigation, we have made steady progress. We have successively obtained the exclusion of aluminum-plastic composite panel products, the reduction of the scope of the products involved, the revision of the list of sampled companies, the acceptance of the preliminary judgment comments, the lack of temporary restrictive measures, and the lack of results in the verification. Disclosure, hearings and other phased results, and finally won the case in an all-round way.

Henan Zhongfu Industrial Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Dingsheng New Energy Materials Co., Ltd., Luoyang Longding Aluminum Co., Ltd., Yantai Donghai Aluminum Foil Co., Ltd., Chinalco Ruimin Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Changlu Aluminum Group Co., Ltd., Yinbang Metal Composite Materials Co., Ltd., Henan Wanji Aluminum Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Jixiang Plate Industry Co., Ltd. and other enterprises participated in the industry defense. Beijing UBS Law Firm and its Brazilian partner law firm were hired to represent the case and undertake the legal work of responding and defending the case. In the work of responding to the lawsuit, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association took the lead in organizing, coordinating and coordinating with each other.

In the face of the increasingly complex international situation and the increasing incidence of trade frictions, Chinese aluminum companies must recognize the long-term and complex nature of various unfavorable factors, and properly prepare for the normalization of trade frictions. The most important thing is to do our own thing. ; China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association will continue to adhere to the various trade frictions and do not relax, and go all out to help enterprises create a fair trade environment with laws and facts.