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On July 01, 2019, Brazil’s Secretariat of Foreign Trade (“SECEX”) of the Ministry of Economics published Notice of Initiation No. 39, initiating the sunset review of the duties applied on imports of refractory ceramic filters originating in China. The product is commonly classified under items 6903.90.91 and 6903.90.99 of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature – NCM (HS based). The petitioner is Foseco Industrial e Comercial Ltda.. The product under investigation was defined as refractory ceramic filter; or foam ceramic filter; or sponge ceramic filter; or silicon carbide ceramic filter exported from China to Brazil. For purposes of initiating the investigation, the Brazilian authority has calculated the following dumping margin, using China’s data to construct the normal value:
| Country | Normal value (US$/kg) | Absolute Dumping Margin (US$/kg) | Relative Dumping Margin (%) |
| China | 8.47 | 3.16 | 59.5 |
Imports of refractory ceramic filter during the period of investigation were as follows:
| Period | China | Total | ||
| US$ FOB | Net weight (kg) | US$ FOB | Net weight (kg) | |
| Jan.2014 – Dez. 2014 | 2,584,835 | 332,248 | 6,056,842 | 544,650 |
| Jan.2015 – Dez. 2015 | 926,487 | 140,017 | 3,564,903 | 297,519 |
| Jan.2016 – Dez. 2016 | 391,891 | 57,299 | 3,027,354 | 390,061 |
| Jan.2017 – Dez. 2017 | 434,710 | 62,711 | 3,693,283 | 513,469 |
| Jan.2018 – Dez. 2018 | 453,374 | 84,104 | 4,183,149 | 535,748 |
Exporters and importers participating in the investigation can demonstrate that the product is not dumped to Brazil, avoiding the imposition of antidumping duties. Alternatively, if the authority understands that exports were dumped, exporting companies participating in the investigation may request individual dumping margins, which results in lower duties on their exports. Producers/exporters will receive questionnaires indicating the information necessary to the investigation and shall have a 30-day deadline for response, counting from the date of notification. Interested parties may participate in the investigation through legal representatives duly registered before the Under Secretariat of Trade Remedies. Other parties who consider themselves as interested in the proceeding shall file a request for participation within a 20-day deadline counting from the beginning of the investigation. Notice of initiation No. 39 can be accessed at the following link (in Portuguese).
