Brazil confirms antidumping measures against shoes from China
05/03/2010
The Brazilian government has confirmed that it will impose antidumping duties of US $13.85 on every pair of shoes imported to the South American country from China.
The footwear industry in Brazil raised complaints in 2008 that it was competing against Chinese-made shoes that had a cheaper export price in the Brazilian market than they did in the domestic market in China. A provisional duty of $12.47 per pair was put in place last year. Politicians from regions of Brazil with high levels of footwear production have claimed that, since September 2009, this provisional antidumping measure stopped 30 million pairs of shoes from China reaching Brazilian shops.
The new, higher duty will stay in place for five years. It will not apply to certain types of footwear, including carpet slippers, dance slippers, baby shoes and shoes made entirely of fabric.
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