Within the scope of its authority to initiate dumping or subsidy examinations, the Ministry of Economy ("Ministry") has announced, through the Communiqué on the Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports No. 2019/27, dated August 28, 2019, that two anti-dumping measures, which had been put into effect in 2014, have expired in 2019, and that several ongoing anti-dumping measures, which had been put into effect in 2015, will expire as of the first half of 2020, unless an expiry review investigation is initiated.

Below is a bullet-point summary of the antidumping measures that have expired as of 2019:

- Communiqué No. 2014/9, dated March 27, 2014, concerning textured yams of nylon or other polyamides with maximum layers of 50 tex, originating from the People's Republic of China:

With the Communiqué No. 2014/9, the Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to current dumping measures on imports of textured yams of nylon or other polyamides with maximum layers of 50 tex, classified under the CN code 5402.31, originating from the People's Republic of China. In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were still threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry, and consequently, decided that an anti-dumping duty of 37,40% of the CIF cost would be applied.

- Communiqué No. 2014/24, dated August 9, 2014, concerning lead pencils and lead crayons, originating from the People's Republic of China:

With the Communiqué No. 2014/24, the Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to current dumping measures on imports of lead pencils and lead crayons classified under the CN code 9609.10, originating from the People's Republic of China. In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were still threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry, and consequently decided that an anti-dumping duty of USD 3,16 per 144 items would be applied.

Below is a bullet-point summary of the antidumping cases and measures that will expire as of the first half of 2020:

- Communiqué No. 2015/3, dated January 21, 2015, concerning non-woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn (for clothing), originating from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the anti-dumping investigation on non-woven fabrics of synthetic filament yam (for clothing), classified under the CN codes laid out under the Communiqué on the Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports No. 2015/3, originating from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand. Accordingly, the Ministry decided to apply anti-dumping duties (i) at a rate of 70,44% of the CIF cost for products weighing more than 110 gr/m2, and at a rate of 21,13% of the CIF cost for products weighing 110 gr/m2 or under, originating from the People's Republic of China, (ii) at rates of 13,91% of the CIF cost for a Taiwanese company and 30,84% of the CIF cost for others, for products weighing more than 110 gr/m2, and at rates of 4,17% of the CIF cost for the same Taiwanese company, and 9,25% of the CIF cost for others, for products weighing 110 gr/m2 and under, originating from Taiwan, (iii) at rates ranging between 14,64% and 40% for products weighing more than 110 gr/m2, and at rates ranging between 4,39% and 12% for products weighing 110 gr/m2 and under, originating from South Korea, (iv) at rates of 7,76% of the CIF cost for a Malaysian company, and 15,93% of the CIF cost for others, for products weighing more than 110 gr/m2, and at rates of 2,33% of the CIF cost for the same Malaysian company, and 4,78% of the CIF cost for others, for products weighing 110 gr/m2 and under, ranging between 8,67% and 30,93% for products weighing more than 110 gr/m2, and at rates ranging between 2,60% and 9,28% for products weighing 110 gr/m2 and under, originating from Thailand.

- Communiqué No. 2015/9, dated April 12, 2015, concerning certain products originating from the People's Republic of China:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon the completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to the current dumping measures on imports of non-woven fabrics of only weavable artificial and synthetic fibers covered, plastered or laminated in polyurethane, weighing more than 150 gr/m2, classified under the CN code 5603.14, originating from the People's Republic of China. In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were found to be threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry, and thus decided to impose an antidumping duty of 1,9 USD/kg.

- Communiqué No. 2015/6, dated April 17, 2015, concerning products classified as "other hoeing machines," originating from the People's Republic of China:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the anti-dumping investigation on products classified as "other hoeing machines" under the CN code 8432.29.90.00.19, originating from the People's Republic of China. Accordingly, the Ministry decided to apply an anti-dumping duty at a rate of 92,25% of the CIF cost for products originating from People's Republic of China, excluding seven companies for which the Ministry decided to apply antidumping duties at rates ranging between 49,49% and 83,12% of the CIF cost.

- Communiqué No. 2015/11, dated May 10, 2015, concerning products classified as "supported ringed chains" and "others (welded, ringed)," originating from the People's Republic of China:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to current anti-dumping measures on imports of products classified as "supported ringed chains" under the CN code 7315.81, and as "others (welded, ringed)," under the CN code 7315.82, originating from the People's Republic of China. In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry, and thus decided to impose an anti-dumping duty of 1.069 USD/ton for each product.

- Communiqué No. 2015/12, dated May 23, 2015, concerning cutting, chopping, grinding and mixing edges used in the grinding and mixing of food items listed under the CN code 8509.40, originating from the People's Republic of China:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to current anti-dumping measures on imports of cutting, chopping, grinding and mixing edges used in the grinding and mixing of food items listed under the CN code 8509.40, classified under the CN code 8208.30.00.00.00, originating from the People's Republic of China. In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry and proceeded to impose an anti-dumping duty of 20,85 USD/kg.

- Communiqué No. 2015/22, dated June 13, 2015, concerning vulcanized rubber yams and threads originating from Malaysia:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon the completion of the expiry review investigation in relation to the current antidumping measures on imports of vulcanized mbber yams and threads classified under the CN code 4007.00, originating from Malaysia.

In this respect, the Ministry had decided that imports of these products were threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry, and proceeded to impose an anti-dumping duty of 16,9% of the CIF cost, excluding five companies for which the Ministry decided to apply anti-dumping duties at rates ranging between 11,6% and 14,8% of the CIF cost.

- Communiqué No. 2015/23, dated June 27, 2015, concerning products classified as "others," originating from Israel:

The Ministry had announced its decision upon completion of the anti-dumping investigation on products classified as "others" under the CN code 7005.29, originating from Israel. Accordingly, the Ministry decided to apply an anti-dumping duty at a rate of 20% of the CIF cost for an Israeli company, and at a rate of 37,57% for others, for products originating from Israel.

This article was first published in Legal Insights Quarterly by ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law in December 2019. A link to the full Legal Insight Quarterly may be found here

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