After nearly six months'
investigation, Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) which
initiated anti-dumping investigation on several Chinese glyphosate formulations
in Feb. 2012 announced on 2 Aug., 2012 that it will halt the anti-dumping
investigation on Chinese glyphosate formulations on the grounds that no
anti-dumping evidence is showed in the investigation results, according to CCM
International’s August issue of Crop
Protection China News.
Appealed by Nufarm Limited and
Accensi Pty Ltd., manufacturer of formulated glyphosate in Australia, four
types of imported formulations from China to Australia with HS code of
38089300, namely glyphosate 360 (41% glyphosate IPA), glyphosate 450 (51%
glyphosate IPA), glyphosate 570 (62% glyphosate IPA) and glyphosate 680 (the
formulated dry form 680g /kg
SG), have been involved in the investigation.
Although facing anti-dumping was
considered to be a really big deal for domestic glyphosate enterprises, the
anti-dumping investigation initiated by Australia did not seem to bother
domestic glyphosate enterprises much.
"It will somehow bring a
positive influence to our company's glyphosate business but not much because
Australia is not our main overseas market. The export value of our glyphosate
products to Australia was merely USD4 million in 2011, accounting for 0.19% of
the total glyphosate revenue," said Zhejiang Wynca Chemical Industry Group
Co., Ltd., one of the largest glyphosate producers in China which won the
long-run glyphosate anti-dumping case initiated by the EU recently.
Other domestic glyphosate giants,
such as Jiangsu Yangnong Chemical Co., Ltd. and Nantong Jiangshan Agrochemical
& Chemicals Co., Ltd., expressed that they didn't directly export
glyphosate to Australia, so their glyphosate business will not be affected much
by Australia's decision to halt investigation.
As a counter party against the
anti-dumping investigation, the written protest from Pacific Agriscience Pte
Ltd. (Pacific Agriscience), a Singapore-based agrichemicals enterprise in
Australia, helped a lot in the process of anti-dumping investigation on Chinese
glyphosate formulations.
Representing the suppliers of
Australian agrichemicals, Pacific Agriscience appealed to the CBP in March 2012
that since most of glyphosate formulation products imported from China were
qualified products of glyphosate 450 which accorded with the standards set by
Australian pesticides and veterinary medicines authority, those products that
were appealed by Nufarm Limited and Accensi Pty Ltd. didn't constitute dumping
in Australia.
In the defense of Pacific
Agriscience, the glyphosate formulation products originated from China from
Jan. 2011 to Dec. 2011 did not like those products from the market of
Australia. So far, the mainstream glyphosate formulation products in Australia
are glyphoste 450, glyphoste 510, glyphoste 540 and glyphoste 570, but those in
China are 10% glyphosate SL which are extracted from glyphosate TK. Thus, there
is no comparability among the products imported from China and those on the
market of Australia.
Additionally, although it seemed
to be very familiar outwardly with the products, such as glyphosate 360 (41%
glyphosate IPA) and glyphosate 680, from the market of China and Australia,
there were indeed differences in the surfactants of the products. Manufactures
in China didn't use ethoxylated tallow amine in 41% glyphosate IPA products
which Monsanto and most Australian glyphosate manufacturers used as
surfactants.
The cancellation of the
anti-dumping investigation this time is considered to be another typical
winning case that domestic glyphosate enterprises can take the example of when
facing glyphosate anti-dumping investigation in the future. Plus, frequent
anti-dumping investigations on domestic glyphosate products also alert domestic
glyphosate producers to further enhance international competitiveness and build
up self-owned brands, rather than just rely on seizing market with low price.
Source: Crop Protection China News 1215
Content
of Crop Protection China News 1215：
Zhongshan fails in reformation of designated sales of highly
toxic pesticides
Australia halts the anti-dumping investigation on Chinese
glyphosate formulations
Seed industry + pesticide industry: ready for combination?
Noposion’s performance continues to slide in H1 2012
Nutrichem vigorously promotes Huapont's performance in H1
2012
Shandong Lubei plans to construct pesticide factory in
Myanmar
98% thiamethoxam TC newly registered by two domestic
enterprises
Prices of imported pesticides increase
Third generation of armyworm seriously outbreaks in China
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