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SECEX initiates sunset review regarding the imports of cargo tires from China


The Brazilian Secretariat of Foreign Trade (“SECEX”) initiated today the sunset review regarding the imports of cargo tires from China, by SECEX Notice No. 31. The product is commonly classified under item 4011.20.90 of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature – NCM (HS based). The petitioner is the National Association for the Tires Industry (Associação Nacional da Indústria de Pneumáticos - ANIP in Portuguese).

For purposes of the initiation, the Brazilian authority constructed the normal value based on information of the Chinese production, resulting a internalized CIF normal value of 26.61 R$/kg. The absolute and relative difference between the normal value and the domestic industry average price was not made available. But the authority considered that the difference between the normal value of the imported goods and the domestic industry price indicated that, for the producers/exporters to be part of the Brazilian market, they would need to sell the goods on an inferior price than the normal value and, in this sense, resume the dumping practices.


The authorities have not disclosed the deadline for submitting the foreign producer/exporter questionnaire yet, which we estimate should be by June 22, 2020. In the same sense, we estimate that the deadline for submitting the importer questionnaire should be by June 18, 2020.


Other parties interested in the investigation shall file a request for qualification in the proceeding by May 22, 2020.


SECEX Notice No. 31 can be read on the following link (in Portuguese): http://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/-/circular-n-31-de-30-de-abril-de-2020-254927474.


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