The Brazilian government issued a final award notice on January 28, 2022, deciding that there was no measure to close the anti-dumping investigation of aluminum sheet, strip and foil against China. The Chinese side finally won a comprehensive victory through an industry harmless defense that lasted for more than a year and a half. This is another victory for China's aluminum industry in the past six months, following the case of aluminum foil safeguard measures in Thailand. It has not only effectively safeguarded the interests of export enterprises, but also encouraged and inspired 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 against China's aluminum sheet, strip and foil. During the investigation period, China exported about 100000 tons of products involved in the case to Brazil, accounting for less than 3 per cent of the global total. Although the trade volume is small, Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America and plays the role of a weather vane. The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association attaches great importance to it and responds quickly, actively organizing key enterprises involved in the case to carry out no-damage defense in the industry. Under the guidance of the Trade Relief Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce and the support of the local commerce department, industry associations, backbone enterprises and the team of lawyers have formed a joint force. by defending the scope of the products involved, expounding the market economy status of China's aluminum industry, analyzing the subdivision of products, commenting on the impact of public interest, and putting forward price commitment plans, a large number of defense materials were submitted and communicated extensively and effectively with the investigation authorities. During this period, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association took the initiative to communicate with trade associations, production enterprises, importers and other stakeholders in the complaining country, and Deputy Secretary Fan Shunke led a team to conduct many in-depth and friendly consultations with Pakistan in an effort to increase trust and dispel doubts and actively seek appropriate solutions. In responding to the lawsuit, based on the core of the investigation, we worked steadily and steadily, successively achieved phased achievements such as excluding aluminum-plastic composite panel products, narrowing the scope of the products involved, revising the list of sampling enterprises, adopting preliminary comments, not taking temporary restrictive measures, not disclosing in verification, correcting audio-visual hearings, and so on, 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 Chang Aluminum Group Co., Ltd., Yinbang Metal Composite Co., Ltd., Henan Wanji Aluminum Co., Ltd., Wenzhou Jixiang Board Industry Co., Ltd. and other enterprises participated in the industry defense. Beijing UBS Law firm and its Brazilian Cooperation Law firm were employed to represent the case and undertake the legal work of pleading. In the work of responding to the lawsuit, the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association took the lead in organizing, coordinating and coordinating, and all parties cooperate with each other and bear their own responsibilities, effectively giving full play to the advantages and role of the "four-body linkage" working mechanism.
In the face of the increasingly complex international situation and the increasing incidence of trade frictions, Chinese aluminum enterprises should clearly recognize the long-term nature and complexity of various unfavorable factors, and properly prepare to deal with the normalization of trade frictions. the most important thing is to do our own thing; the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association will continue to adhere to the work of dealing with trade frictions and go all out to help enterprises create a fair trade environment with laws and facts.
