Shandong ceramics company affected by anti-dumping "no serious problem"

“Our province has less exports of ceramics to the EU itself, and anti-dumping investigations will have little impact on Shandong ceramics enterprises.” Han Kexin, chairman of the Shandong Ceramic Industry Association, said in an interview on the 21st that Shandong Province is organizing corporate responses.

There is not much impact on Shandong ceramics enterprises. "Shandong ceramics enterprises do not export a lot to the EU. The export of ceramic kitchen utensils is mainly some low-grade products and there are not many enterprises involved." Han Kexin told the reporter that the daily output of daily ceramics in our province is 559 million. With a total of 80 million high-grade porcelain productions in Zibo China, there are currently 49 export-oriented ceramic enterprises. The products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions, and are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region.

"EU anti-dumping has little effect on Forte ceramics. We export about 10 million U.S. ceramic products to the European Union every year, including ceramic kitchen utensils for three to four million U.S. dollars." Su Shijing, Chairman of Shandong Futai Ceramics Co., Ltd. told the reporter , Fortai ceramics mainly engaged in high-grade ceramic products, mainly sold to the United States, Japan and other places. In addition, due to the complicated process and high technical content of the products such as colored glaze cups and tableware, the orders are relatively abundant.

“The province’s export of ceramic kitchen utensils to the EU is mainly coffee cups, tableware, etc. The overall grade is low, the added value of the products is low, and the export value is not large.” Su Xijing believes that Shandong ceramics companies are now both inside and outside the two markets “two Legs “walking, this anti-dumping may affect some small export companies, and it has little impact on most large companies that have EU exports.

Shandong will organize enterprises to respond. According to Han Kexin’s introduction, before the EU officially announced the initiation of anti-dumping, the Shandong Ceramic Industry Association has received a notice from the China Ceramic Industry Association to remind them to prepare for the response.

"On the 14th, we received a notice that the European Commission had already entrusted the Chinese Mission to the European Union to initiate anti-dumping investigations on imports of ceramic kitchen utensils originating from China. However, it has not yet opened a file. It is expected that there will be a great possibility of filing an official case within this month. The China Ceramic Industry Association asked all the provinces and cities Ceramic Associations and ceramic enterprises exporting to the European Union to get attention and do a good job in preparations for the various countermeasures.Well, two days later, the European Union issued an announcement and officially launched an anti-dumping investigation on my export of EU ceramic kitchen cutlery. Han Kexin told the Herald reporter that this was the second anti-dumping investigation that China's ceramic tableware had received this year after it launched an anti-dumping investigation against China's ceramics for daily use and announced on the 7th that it would impose an anti-dumping tariff of 87%. China Ceramic Industry Association estimates that the amount involved in the anti-dumping case amounted to 700 million U.S. dollars, and that there were more than 2,000 ceramic companies involved in the country.

It is understood that China is currently the largest producer of ceramic kitchen utensils. Its output accounts for about 60% of the world's total, and its share in the EU market exceeds 50%. It is the EU's largest importer of ceramic kitchen utensils. Prior to this, the EU had imposed a punitive tariff of up to 69.7% on China's export ceramic tile companies, and the validity period was as long as five years, and may be extended depending on the circumstances. Under this pressure, China's ceramic tile has experienced a sharp decline in its exports.

Han Kexin told the reporter that the China Ceramic Industry Association and China Light Industry Arts & Crafts Import & Export Chamber of Commerce will organize relevant companies to respond. Shandong Ceramic Industry Association is also actively liaising with relevant departments to properly take countermeasures to guide, support and cooperate with various export companies to do a good job in response.

To create a low-carbon ceramic system to deal with anti-dumping "This is the EU anti-dumping duties imposed on China's ceramics industry after high anti-dumping duties imposed on China's ceramics industry last year." Han Kexin said that our province is actively guiding the industrial structure of ceramic enterprises to upgrade and diversify Emerging markets, using the Chinese glass ceramics export base platform, promote enterprises to vigorously develop new materials and high-tech ceramics industrial clusters and low-carbon ceramic systems to respond to anti-dumping accusations.

According to reports, last year, the European Union placed anti-dumping measures against China's architectural ceramics. In addition to six companies in China, they obtained separate tax rates ranging from 26.3% to 36.5%, and more than 100 participating companies received a weighted average tax rate of 30.6%. A punitive tariff of 69.7% was imposed, valid for up to 5 years. At that time, Shandong Ceramic Industry Association organized enterprises to actively respond to complaints, including Shandong Yadi Ceramics and Shandong Unified Ceramics obtained an average anti-dumping rate of 36%. In spite of this, this high tax rate still greatly affected the export of Jiantao to the EU. It is understood that Shandong Yadi Ceramics Co., Ltd.'s exports to the EU have fallen from less than 80% of total exports to less than 10%.

Han Kexin stated that in response to the frequent anti-dumping measures against ceramic products in many countries in recent years, the Shandong Ceramic Industry Association not only issued early warning information in a timely manner, but also reminded enterprises to adjust their production and operations, strengthen training and communication, and communicate relevant evasion and response experience. Participate in international professional exhibitions to optimize customer structure and spread risks with better quality market and customer structure.