On June 3,2019,the Australian Anti dumping Investigation Commission announced the final determination of anti-dumping against Chinese ammonium nitrate.In this case,Lawyer Zhang Yi,a senior partner of our trading team,represented the China International Chamber of Commerce(CCPIT),China Nitrogenous Fertilizer Industry Association,and the three largest export enterprises in China to defend the industry as a whole,obtaining a negligible micro anti-dumping tax rate of 0.3%for the entire industry in China,which is significantly lower than the anti-dumping tax rate of other export competitors such as Sweden and Thailand(around 14%)to Australia,It has provided excellent opportunities for Chinese enterprises to maintain and even expand the Australian export market in the next five years.

In the preliminary determination of this case on October 24,2018,the Australian investigation authority ruled that all Chinese enterprises were subject to a high punitive anti-dumping tax of 39.5%,and the entire Chinese industry basically lost its Australian market.In order to be able to recover the adverse outcome of the preliminary determination in the final determination,the above client has decided to engage me as a lawyer in this case to defend.During the short half a year since we took over the agency case,we have repeatedly coordinated with relevant Chinese business associations and production and export enterprises to hold meetings to discuss defense plans and collect evidence.We have also coordinated with Australian investigation officials and importers twice to communicate and explain China's defense opinions.Subsequently,we have repeatedly submitted a large number of defense materials and evidence to the investigation authorities,ultimately reversing the adverse situation of the preliminary determination in the final determination,It has maintained one of the largest Australian markets in the world for the Chinese ammonium nitrate industry.

This case is the lowest anti-dumping tax rate awarded by Australia in anti-dumping cases against China in recent years,and it is even more difficult to achieve such a result against the backdrop of the current unfriendly attitude of the Australian government towards China.

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