The Trade Remedies Authority has today (20 September 2023) begun reviewing an application from a UK importer, Winlong Garments, to be exempted from an anti-dumping duty on certain bicycle parts from China.
Importers currently pay an anti-dumping duty of 48.5% on imports.
In June 2023, Winlong Garments acquired the business and assets of Planet X Limited, a former UK importer with an exemption to the measure. Planet X will now only be used as a trading name. Winlong Garments wishes to apply for an exemption under its own name.
The TRA has accepted the application for review, and it will make a recommendation to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade to temporarily suspend the anti-dumping duty for Winlong Garments limited until the circumvention exemption review is complete.
Once the review is complete, the TRA may recommend to the Secretary of State to exempt Winlong Garments from the anti-dumping duty.
The anti-dumping measure on certain bicycle parts from China was transitioned when the UK left the EU. The TRA is required to initiate a Transition Review on this anti-dumping measure before 30 August 2024.
Notes:
- The Trade Remedies Authority is the UK body that investigates whether new trade remedy measures are needed to counter unfair import practices and unforeseen surges of imports.
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Dumping occurs when goods are imported into a country and sold at a price that is below their normal value in their country of export.
- Circumvention describes actions undertaken to avoid duties imposed as a consequence of anti-dumping or countervailing measures.
- An exemption review assesses whether an importer or overseas exporter can demonstrate that they are not involved in circumventing a trade remedy measure and therefore should be exempted from it.
- The exemption review only applies to measures arising from a circumvention review conducted by the EU before it was transitioned to the UK, or measures following a circumvention review initiated by the Trade Remedies Authority.
- View the full notice of initiation here.
