INVESTIGATION PROGRESS

Date Status
12 Dec 2014 Initiation

IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

National

AFFECTED FLOW

Inflow

ANNOUNCED AS TEMPORARY

No

NON-TRADE-RELATED RATIONALE

No

ELIGIBLE FIRMS

all

JUMBO

No

TARIFF PEAK

No
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Anti-dumping

On June 1st, 2015, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism decided to initiate an anti-dumping investigation on imports of footwear (with leather, synthetic or textile upper) from China (Resolution 100, 01.06.2015). The products subject to investigation are classified under the following HS codes: 6402.1900, 6402.2000, 6402.9100, 6402.9910, 6402.9990, 6405.9000, 6404.1110, 6404.1120, 6404.1900, 6404.2000, 6405.2000, 6403.1900, 6403.2000, 6403.4000, 6403.5100, 6403.5900, 6403.9110, 6403.9190, 6403.9910, 6403.9990 and 6405.1000.
The complaint was lodged on December 12th, 2014 by the Colombian Association of footwear, leather and leather products Industries (Asociación Colombiana de Industriales del calzado, el cuero y sus manufacturas - ACICAM) on behalf of the national industry. The investigation started on the day of the publication of the resolution in the Official Journal of the Republic of Colombia, i.e. on June 5th, 2015.

On August 5th, 2015, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism decided to extend up to September 7th, 2015 the investigation period before issuing a preliminary decision (Resolution 145, 05.08.2015). Resolution 145 was published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Colombia on August 6th, 2015.

On September 7th, 2015, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism decided for the second time to extend up to September 22nd, 2015 the investigation period before issuing a preliminary decision (Resolution 158, 07.09.2015). Resolution 158 was published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Colombia on September 8th, 2015.

On September 22nd, 2015, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism issued its preliminary findings and decided to continue the investigation without imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty (Resolution 164, 22.09.2015). Resolution 164 was published in the Official Journal of the Republic of Colombia on September 25th, 2015.
 
On 12 July 2016, the Colombian Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism terminated the above investigation without the imposition of duties.

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AFFECTED SECTORS AND PRODUCTS

293 Footwear other than sports footwear
6402 Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics.
640220 Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the sole by means of plugs
640291 Covering the ankle
640299 Other
6403 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather.
640391 Covering the ankle
640399 Other
6404 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials.
640419 Other
294 Sports footwear, except skating boots
6402 Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics.
640219 Other
6403 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather.
640319 Other
6404 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials.
640411 Sports footwear; tennis shoes, basketball shoes, gym shoes, training shoes and the like
295 Other footwear
6403 Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather.
640340 Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toecap

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