US lowers antidumping duties on RI polyethylene bags


Mustaqim Adamrah , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Mon, 03/22/2010 8:53 AM | Business


United States recently decided to reduce the temporary anti-dumping duties on Indonesian polyethylene bags retail from 67.18 percent to 9.18 percent means a new opportunity for Indonesian producers to re-enter the U.S. market a plastic bag.

Indonesian Association of Plastics Manufacturers Lower (Aphindo) Tjokro Gunawan chairman said Sunday he was satisfied with the decision of the United States.

"We are delighted. The opportunity to [Indonesian] manufacturer of plastic bags' for export [the U.S.] is now open again," he told The Jakarta Post.

He said that he had not received reports that members Aphindo had stopped exports to the United States since the 67.18 percent while the anti-dumping duties imposed in May.

"But with a high margin [67.18 percent], there is no way someone could export," said Tjokro.

Anti-dumping duties imposed, usually in addition to import duties against dumping, in which the alleged exporters sell their products in the country at a price below production costs and / or below the price in domestic market


Tjokro charged that the U.S. first imposed anti-dumping duties as high last year because the country's "soft protect" the domestic market during the global economic crisis as a plastic bag-intensive industries.

"And now as the country is recovering, it has reduced temporary anti-dumping duties," he said.
Department of Commerce trade security director Ernawati talk about the latest U.S. decision last week.

He said that last December, U.S. authorities have been verified Dumping Indonesian exporters alleged to have dumped their polyethylene bags retail in the U.S. market.

He said the new revised temporary anti-dumping duties imposed on products that Indonesia is the lowest compared to that imposed on similar products from other countries including Vietnam and Taiwan.

"The U.S. International Trade Commission, which [is authorized to] decide losses resulting from dumping, asking for an explanation [of our] last week," said the Indonesian government Ernawati from the first filing.

"We told them that our products are exported are handmade, not mass-produced by the production of [the machine]," he added.

He said the Indonesian government will send a second response in the near future before issuing a final anti-dumping duty of U.S. scheduled on April 14.

U.S. launch date of 13 investigations on plastics producers Indonesia, including the CV Dwi Jaya Indah Plastics, Hi-V Plastic Bag Manufacturing, PT Dharma Kritadam, PT Sido Bangun Plastic Industry Plastic Randugarut and PT Indonesia, on April 20, 2009.

U.S. International Trade Administration announced last year that the dumping margin (price difference) for the products of Indonesia, Vietnam, and Taiwan products in the U.S. market products have been between 35.47 percent and 60.24 percent, 28.49 percent and 76.11 percentand 76.25 percent and 95.81 percent, respectively.


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