For the second time, the Ministry of Commerce has taken action against imported PVC!

On August 18, the Ministry of Commerce received Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co.

On September 25, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on filing an anti-dumping investigation on imported PVC originating in the United States

In accordance with the relevant provisions of the Anti-dumping Regulations of the People's Republic of China, the Ministry of Commerce conducts investigations on the qualifications of the applicants, the relevant information about the products applied for investigation, the relevant information about similar products in China, the impact of the products applied for investigation on the domestic industry, and the relevant information of the countries applying for investigation, etc.

This investigation starts on September 25, 2020, and should normally end before September 25, 2021, and can be extended to March 25, 2022 under special circumstances

The commodity under this anti-dumping investigation, polyvinyl chloride, is one of the largest general-purpose plastic materials in the world, and it is also a very important chemical primary product with a wide range of applications

It is the second time that the Ministry of Commerce of China has initiated an anti-dumping investigation on PVC originating in the United States

With the rapid development of China's chemical industry, domestic PVC gradually began to replace imported products

In October 2017, the World Health Organization classified polyvinyl chloride as a class 3 carcinogen, which hit the primary polyvinyl chloride products very hard, causing prices to plummet

According to statistics, United Carbide in the United States and Borealis in Sweden currently account for about half of the global market share of high-end PVC products

For Chinese companies that want to enter the high-end PVC industry, they not only have to pay huge patent fees, but also have no price advantage in the product sales stage

Relevant experts said that in order to survive and develop in the fierce international market competition, China's polyvinyl chloride manufacturing enterprises must give top priority to improving the production technology level of products and the research and development capabilities of new products, vigorously carry out scientific and technological innovation, and put traditional The outdated industrial structure is transformed to be able to meet the needs of the modern market