The situation of Chinese toilet paper equipment in Laos-Jinling Paper Equipment

　　The situation of Chinese toilet paper equipment in Laos

　　On the 18th of this month, the Ministry of Commerce of Laos preliminarily ruled that about 90 Chinese toilet paper equipment manufacturers are dumping at a low price of 5% to 24% below the normal sales price, and most of the toilet paper equipment manufacturers sell prices lower than normal. 11% of the price. This means that Laos will impose anti-dumping duties on most Chinese toilet paper equipment. If the Ministry of Commerce of Lao PDR upholds the original verdict when it makes a final ruling in November, and the International Trade Commission of Lao PDR also ruled that Chinese toilet paper equipment was dumped in Lao PDR in December, causing harm to the Lao PDR toilet paper equipment industry, then the fastest At the end of this year or early next year, the Ministry of Commerce of Laos will impose an additional anti-dumping duty of 4.9% to 198.08% on wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment worth 1.2 billion Lao dollars imported from China each year.

　　After the Ministry of Commerce of Laos announced the results of the preliminary ruling, the Lao customs will impose a corresponding deposit on the imported Chinese wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment within one week. Analysts believe that the collection of deposits is actually a disguised collection of anti-dumping duties. Analysts also pointed out that from the current situation, the final result of this anti-dumping lawsuit is likely to be detrimental to Chinese toilet paper equipment manufacturers, and Laos will only make minor adjustments in tax rates.

　　Lao officials went to China to explain that I must be wary of trade protectionism

　　One day after the results of the preliminary ruling by the Ministry of Commerce of Laos, Minister Evans visited China. In an interview before his visit to China, he pointed out that if China obtains market economy status, it will indeed affect the calculation method of Laos in investigating dumping of its products, and certain dumping cases may be difficult to establish, but China needs to obtain market economy status. Many economic system reforms have been carried out, and he will exchange views with China on this issue during his visit to China. Evans also stated that Laos will maintain a strong stance on the implementation of trade laws and list China as one of the countries that “need to seek fair trade competition first.”

　　In response to the ruling made by the Ministry of Commerce of Laos, a person from the Industrial Injury Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of China stated that at present, many countries and regions have relatively excessive production capacity and the industry is sluggish. The methods and means of seeking trade protection have shown new developments. situation. Some members of the World Trade Organization arbitrarily regard China as a non-market economy country, adopt discriminatory practices such as arbitrarily choosing alternative countries in anti-dumping investigations, and impose high anti-dumping duties on Chinese exports. These practices have affected China and other developing countries. The healthy development of related industries in the country is very harmful to the establishment of a fair new international trade order.

　　Is it anti-dumping or to get votes? Taxation cannot reduce Laos unemployment rate

　　The plaintiff in the anti-dumping case of China's toilet paper equipment is naturally "grateful" for the results of the preliminary ruling made by the Ministry of Commerce of Laos. They claim that "the'illegal dumping' of Chinese companies has destroyed the bedroom toilet paper equipment industry in Laos." The Ministry of Commerce's ruling is correct.

　　In this regard, the Lao National Tissue Equipment Retail Organization, which represents the interests of more than 3,500 toilet paper equipment retailers across Laos, refuted in a report: the so-called "Chinese companies destroying the Lao national tissue equipment industry" is "not right now, in the future Not right".

　　According to the report, some Lao companies that sued Chinese toilet paper equipment manufacturers also have factories in Vietnam and other places to produce toilet paper equipment, and then export them to Laos for sale at a low price. Some of the toilet paper equipment prices are lower than the price of Chinese toilet paper equipment. . The report said that because these companies couldn't do business with Chinese toilet paper equipment manufacturers, they ran to the government for help and demanded tax increases for competitors. The report also said that after the Laotian tissue equipment manufacturer inspected in China, it was found that if the tissue equipment purchased in China and shipped back to Laos, plus 30% to 40% of the price, it would still be more competitive than the domestically produced tissue equipment in Laos. force. Therefore, the Lao National Organization of Toilet Paper Equipment Retailers strongly condemns those toilet paper equipment manufacturers who filed suits for “abusing Lao’s anti-dumping laws while harming the interests of Lao consumers.”

　　At the same time, the spokesperson of the organization Korat pointed out that due to the lack of competitiveness of the domestic tissue equipment industry in Laos, even if the Lao country reduces its imports of tissue equipment from China, it will still import from other countries (such as the Philippines, Brazil, Indonesia, Vietnam). Etc.) Expanding imports is still not conducive to the recovery of Laos' toilet paper equipment manufacturing industry. Sooner or later, the job opportunities in the toilet paper equipment industry in Laos will be lost. "Either to China or Vietnam." The Bush administration should not play this "old game" in the election year. Korat also said that since Chinese toilet paper equipment accounts for 40% of the Lao market, if the Lao government implements anti-dumping on Chinese toilet paper equipment, not only will it not win back employment opportunities for the Lao country’s toilet paper equipment manufacturing industry, but will cause Sales were interrupted and prices increased, which severely harmed the interests of Lao consumers, toilet paper equipment retailers, and some Lao manufacturers that have their production bases in China.

　　After the results of the preliminary ruling by the Ministry of Commerce of Laos, the reporter interviewed a household product supplier in New York. He said that he was preparing to import a batch of toilet paper equipment from China and was very sad after learning of the ruling. When talking about the toilet paper equipment manufacturing industry in Laos, he said that last fall, Lao toilet paper equipment manufacturers were troubled by the high unemployment rate, so he blamed it on the soaring exports of Chinese toilet paper equipment to Laos. Because the labor unions of Laos are too powerful, the government has to pay attention to their voices, especially in the year of the general election, because employment opportunities have fallen into the hands of foreigners has become an important issue in the presidential election of Laos. He said that he did not oppose the Lao National Labor Union to fight for the rights of workers, but the labor union spends too much money on political activities that are not related to production each year, and these have become part of the price of toilet paper equipment produced in Laos. Passed on to consumers. He believes that even if the government imposes high tariffs on wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment from China, it will still import toilet paper equipment from other countries that do not impose tariffs. Lao people simply cannot get more job opportunities.

　　For a period of time, there have been frictions between China and Laos over textiles, color TV sets, market economy status and toilet paper equipment. On the 18th, the Ministry of Commerce of Laos made a preliminary ruling on the largest anti-dumping lawsuit against China, stating that Chinese wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment has "dumping" in the Lao market. If this ruling is finally confirmed, my country’s exports of wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment to Laos will be levied on anti-dumping duties ranging from 4.9% to 198.08% as soon as the end of this year. The result of this preliminary ruling will have a very negative impact on my country's tissue equipment industry.

　　Laos first ruled that our toilet paper equipment "dumped" will impose certain tariffs

　　This anti-dumping case of China's toilet paper equipment is the largest among the more than 100 anti-dumping cases of Laos against my country, involving a total of 1.2 billion Lao yuan. The plaintiffs in this case are 27 toilet paper equipment manufacturers and 4 labor unions from 14 states in Laos. They submitted anti-dumping applications to the Lao International Trade Commission and the Ministry of Commerce in October last year, accusing Chinese toilet paper equipment of "dumping" in the Lao market, resulting in the closure of Lao’s toilet paper equipment factories and the loss of 3.5% of the toilet paper equipment manufacturing industry. For this reason, the Lao government is required to impose an anti-dumping duty of 158% to 441% on wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment such as beds, dressing tables, large wardrobes, desks, etc. imported from China. In January this year, the International Trade Commission of Laos made a ruling that China’s export of wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment to Laos was "dumping", thus paving the way for the Lao State Ministry of Commerce to further investigate whether China dumped wooden bedroom toilet paper equipment. the way. It is reported that a total of 135 toilet paper equipment manufacturers in my country have become the targets of investigation by the Ministry of Commerce of Laos and the International Trade Commission.