European anti-dumping investigations into China's footwear industry involve thousands of 70 shoe ent

              the number of China's footwear industry relates to the European Commission anti-dumping investigation by enterprises has reached more than 1000, there are more than 70 companies responding to the EU's decision, the market share accounted for 20% of the total exports of Chinese.

              Ministry of Commerce released the latest warning information shows that since June 30, 2005, the European Commission in July 7th a series of shoes, leather shoes EU I filed anti-dumping investigation, the EU will also be in the near future to my textile material shoes make Antidumping investigations.

              according to the provisions of the EU anti-dumping investigation procedures once filed, the companies involved in the case to the date of the announcement submitted within 15 days (served on the European Commission) the status of market economy and the sample application form, otherwise it will be lost to other qualifications, follow-up survey questionnaire in the case of 21 days and must be completed within 30 days and served on the European union. It is reported that the Ministry of Commerce attaches great importance to and has been decided by China Light Crafts Import and Export Chamber of Commerce and the Shandong foreign economic and Trade Office in a timely manner to exports to the EU textile shoes anti-dumping case shall organize the relevant enterprises involved.

              the statistical data of the EU are very different from the statistics made by china. Chinese according to customs statistics, import monitoring system of the European Union on my shoe implementation (hereinafter referred to as SIGL) of the statistical data of serious misrepresentation by the Chinese side analysis, the EU SIGL system is not accurate, mainly in: one is the statistical data to permit quantity instead of actual imports, resulting in statistical data deviates from the actual conditions; two is the statistics and contrast inconsistencies, 2005 statistics covering the 25 EU countries, and the comparative analysis of the data is the 15 country enlargement before. Because of the inconsistent statistical range, the statistical data showed a surge in China's footwear imports, which seriously misled EU importers as well as Chinese production and export enterprises.

              the industry said, from the relevant statistical data to analyze, China's mainland footwear market is not as the outside world is closed. In the first half of this year, the total value of China's footwear exports was 8 billion 470 million US dollars, up 24% over the same period of last year, while imports amounted to US $96 million 950 thousand, an increase of 73.9% over the same period of last year. Import growth continued to rise above export growth. In addition, China's imports of raw leather, finished leather and leather clothing have also increased considerably.