Ministry of Commerce of the People’sRepublic of China

Announcement

No. 30 of 2019

MOFCOM released Announcement No. 79 of 2016 and Announcement No. 80 of 2016 on January 11, 2017, and decided to implement anti-dumping and countervailing measures against imports of dried corn distillers’ grains originating in the United States for five years, starting from January 12, 2017.

On February 28, 2019, the US Grains Council submitted to the Ministry of Commerce the Request for Terminating the Imposition of Anti-dumping Duties and Countervailing Duties on Exports of American Dried Corn Distillers’ Grains to China, requesting the Ministry of Commerce to consider the important changes in the Chinese market and the public interests of China, carry out review investigation into the applicable anti-dumping and countervailing measures against imports of dried corn distillers’ grains originating in the United States and terminate the imposition of anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties.

MOFCOM released MOFCOM Announcement No. 18 of 2019 on April 15, 2019, and decided to review the applied anti-dumping and countervailing measures against imports of dried corn distillers’ grains originating in the United States. After MOFCOM completed its investigation, it made a ruling on the review according to the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China and the Countervailing Regulations of the People’s Republic of China. The relevant matters on the review are hereby announced as follows:

I. Ruling

According to the investigation results, MOFCOM has ruled that it is necessary to continue to impose anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties on imports of dried corn distillers’ grains originating in the United States.

II. Anti-dumping and countervailing measures

In accordance with the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China and the Countervailing Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, when an import operator imports dried corn distillers’ grains originating in the United States, the operator shall continue to pay the corresponding anti-dumping duties and countervailing duties to the Customs of the People’s Republic of China according to MOFCOM Announcement No. 79 of 2016 and MOFCOM Announcement No. 80 of 2016.

III. Administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation

According to Article 53 of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People’s Republic of China and Article 52 of the Countervailing Regulations of the People’s Republic of China, any person or organization that refuses to accept the review may apply for administrative reconsideration or initiate litigation to a people's court according to the law.

Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
June 19, 2019

Translated by Liu Zhao