By Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporterAnti-dumping duties of between 4.56 percent and 43.46 percent will continue to be imposed on certain Chinese-made footwear for five more years, the Ministry of Finance said on Thursday. The announcement followed the ministry’s second “sunset review” to decide whether to continue imposing such duties until Jan. 16, 2024. Three footwear associations in late 2017 filed complaints alleging that cheaper Chinese imports had cost their members business and had a substantial impact on the nation’s footwear industry. An anti-dumping tax of up to 43.46 percent on certain types of Chinese footwear was imposed in 2007 and renewed in 2012 for five more years, in accordance with the Implementation Regulation on the Imposition of Countervailing and Antidumping Duties (平衡稅及反傾銷稅課徵實施辦法). The duties apply to six categories — men’s footwear, women’s high heels and boots, children’s shoes, sandals and informal footwear, the Customs Administration said, but not but sports shoes, flip-flops and medical footwear.

Source: Taipei Times January 20, 2019 16:05 UTC