The U.S. Imposes a 354.99% Tariff on Chinese Epoxy Resins! Over 40 Chemical Raw Materials Sanctioned!
Recently, the US Department of Commerce announced that it has made preliminary anti-dumping rulings on epoxy resins imported from China, India, South Korea, Thailand and Taiwan. A preliminary determination was made that Chinese producers/exporters had a dumping margin of 354.99% (margin ratio of 344.45% after subsidies), and a final anti-dumping ruling on related products from the Chinese mainland is expected on January 21 next year.
According to public information, China's epoxy resin production capacity is about 6 million tons, and there are still 1 million tons of capacity under construction. However, domestic demand does not exceed 1.7 million tons, if the export route is blocked, excess capacity will be difficult to be absorbed by the market. The implementation of anti-dumping measures, in addition to increasing tariffs, will also hinder the export of some domestic products, for China's chemical enterprises, this is undoubtedly a disaster.
More than 40 kinds of chemical products in China are subject to export restrictions.
In recent years, China's chemical products suffered frequent anti-dumping cases. India, the United States, South Korea, the European Union and other dozens of countries and regions, China's epichlorohydrin, titanium dioxide, resin, acetonitrile, pigments, pentaerythritol and other more than 40 kinds of chemical products to implement anti-dumping measures, the imposition of high tariffs has become the norm.
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Country/Region |
Product |
Investigation/Decision Type |
Specific Details |
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India |
Sodium Citrate |
Anti-dumping sunset review investigation |
Second time |
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Epichlorohydrin |
Affirmative anti-dumping final ruling |
Imposing an anti-dumping duty of $0–216/ton on products from China for 5 years |
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Titanium Dioxide |
Anti-dumping investigation |
- |
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Pesticide |
Includes any form of pesticide and its intermediates – 2,6-Diethyl-N-(2-propoxyethyl)aniline |
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Insoluble Sulfur |
Originating from or imported from China and Japan |
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PVC Suspension Resin |
Originating from or imported from mainland China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the USA |
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Acetonitrile |
Originating from or imported from mainland China, Russia, and Taiwan |
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Potassium t-Butoxide and Sodium t-Butoxide |
Originating from or imported from China |
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Vitamin A Palmitate |
Originating from or imported from China, the EU, and Switzerland |
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Azo Pigments |
Originating from or imported from China |
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Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride |
Affirmative final ruling in sunset review |
First time, regardless of further processing into polymers |
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Pentaerythritol |
Anti-dumping final ruling proposal |
Originating from or imported from mainland China, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan, imposing a 5-year anti-dumping duty |
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PVC Paste Resin |
Preliminary anti-dumping ruling proposal |
Originating from or imported from mainland China, South Korea, Malaysia, Norway, Thailand, and Taiwan; imposing a temporary anti-dumping duty for 6 months, $115–600/ton for mainland China |
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Polyether Polyols |
Affirmative anti-dumping final ruling |
Originating from or imported from China and Japan; $534/ton for Wanhua Chemical Group, $608/ton for other Chinese producers |
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Trichloroisocyanuric Acid |
Preliminary anti-dumping ruling |
Originating from or imported from China and South Korea; $650–870/ton for China |
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USA |
Glycine |
Affirmative final ruling in subsidy sunset review |
First time, imported from China and India |
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Optical Brighteners |
Rapid sunset review final ruling |
Second time, imported from mainland China and Taiwan |
|
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Persulfates |
Fifth time, imported from China |
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Vanillin |
Preliminary subsidy ruling |
Imported from China; tax rate of 27.33% for Jiaxing Guihua Chemical Import and Export Co., Ltd. and other Chinese producers |
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Sodium Nitrite |
Rapid sunset review final ruling |
Third time, imported from China |
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2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid |
Preliminary anti-dumping ruling |
Imported from China and India; 17.07% for Taihe Co., Ltd. and Jiangxi Tianyu Chemical Co., Ltd. (margin after subsidy offset 16.44%), 127.21% for other Chinese producers/exporters (margin after subsidy offset 126.58%) |
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EU |
Vanillin |
Anti-dumping investigation |
Originating from China |
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Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) |
Preliminary anti-dumping ruling |
Originating from China; preliminary ruling to impose a temporary anti-dumping duty of 6.6%–24.2% |
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Choline Chloride |
Anti-dumping investigation |
Originating from China |
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Titanium Dioxide |
Proposed temporary tariff |
Originating from China; up to 39.7%, including five listed companies: Longbai Group, China Nuclear Titanium Dioxide, Jinpu Titanium Industry (Nanjing Titanium Dioxide), Anada, and Huilong Titanium Industry |
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Brazil |
Polyether Polyols |
Anti-dumping investigation |
Originating from China and the USA; molecular weight between 300 and 4500 g/mol and purity equal to or greater than 90% |
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Phthalic Anhydride |
Anti-dumping duty |
Originating from China; temporary anti-dumping duty for no more than 6 months, $155.16–696.41/ton |
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Rutile-Type Titanium Dioxide |
Anti-dumping investigation |
Originating from China; products involved are rutile-type titanium dioxide pigments |
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Mexico |
Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride |
Affirmative anti-dumping final ruling |
Imposing a 57.63% anti-dumping duty |
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Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) |
Preliminary anti-dumping ruling |
Continuing anti-dumping investigation; imposing a temporary anti-dumping duty of 34%–63% |
|
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Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer |
Initiated anti-dumping investigation |
- |
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South Korea |
Styrene |
- |
|
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PET Resin |
Affirmative anti-dumping final ruling |
Proposed imposition of a 5-year anti-dumping duty; tax rates of 7.00% and 7.98% |
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Pakistan |
Chlorinated Paraffin |
Initiated anti-dumping investigation |
- |
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Saudi Arabia |
Titanium Dioxide |
Products involved are mainly used in paint, plastics, inks, rubber, etc. |
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Turkey |
Polystyrene |
- |
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Colombia |
Manganese Sulfate |
- |
More than 30 countries have withdrawn most favored nation status from China, causing cost pressures to spread!
Such a wide range of "sanctions" and restrictive measures, for the export industry dominated by chemical products, may encounter the risk of export revenue reduction in the short term, but also affect the capital chain security and sustainable development of the industrial chain, so that the middle reaches of the chemical coating, plasticizing and downstream engineering, automotive industries simultaneously face a crisis. From 1995 to 2023, the total number of anti-dumping cases against China has reached 1,614. As of 2017, China has been the world's largest anti-dumping investigation country for 23 consecutive years, the world's largest countervailing investigation country for 12 consecutive years, becoming the "main victim of trade protectionism", the challenges facing the future are self-evident.
In addition to the increase in tariffs, China's export trade is also facing more severe challenges. Recently, the United States is working on a bill that could revoke China's permanent normal trade relations status and has mentioned the removal of China's most-favored-nation status. About 48% of China's total exports to the United States have been affected by additional tariffs, and the average export tariff rate is expected to rise significantly to more than 60%, affecting a number of segments such as machinery, parts, semiconductors and metal products, which will directly affect the price competitiveness of China's exports to the United States.
From 2021, Chinese goods exported to 32 countries including EU member states, the United Kingdom, Canada, Turkey and Ukraine will no longer enjoy preferential tariff treatment under the GSP, to the Trump period of frequent imposition of high tariffs on China and the coverage is expanding, and now dozens of countries have imposed anti-dumping on Chinese products and strictly control the export sales of China's chemical products. All these show that our country's export business situation is becoming increasingly severe. When the cost pressure increases, the enterprise will have to adjust the product price to pass on the capital pressure, cash flow risk will also make the enterprise can not focus on innovation, fall into a vicious circle of difficult development, and further accelerate the process of survival of the fittest.
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