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Apache Footwear in southern Guo Weiwen, a manager of the company, said that they filed the suit at the Court of First Instance, Guo said they were among the only five of more than 1,200 affected Chinese shoemakers, which are continuing with the proceedings. Last week, four other Chinese shoe producers began legal action over the EU's two-year anti-dumping duties of 16.5 percent on leather shoes made in The four are Aokang Group and Taima Shoes Group from the eastern Guo said the EU had failed to routinely and impartially check the prices at her company, and gave no explanations as to why the company had been denied market economy status. The EU's across-the-board duties on different companies were in obvious violations of the laws and regulations of the World Trade Organization and those of the EU itself, she said. The Golden Step Industrial Co Ltd, the only Chinese shoemaker with market economy status, is still subject to 9.7 percent anti-dumping duties, said Guo. "We were left with no other choice but to go to court," Wang Zhentao, President of "The EU only reviewed ten Chinese shoemakers," said Pu Lingchen, Aokang's lawyer. "Contrary to the common practice, it didn't send Aokang any written explanations on why they failed to include the company on the list of companies to be reviewed." Pu, widely regarded as Many insiders believe the case could last two to four years and cost up to two million yuan (US$255,750). As a result, 300 shoemakers in southeastern But Wang is still confident of winning the case. "No matter how complicated the legal procedures are and how tough our task is, we believe in justice," he said in late October. Chong Quan, spokesman with the Ministry of Commerce, has said that the EU's anti-dumping measures against Chinese leather shoe imports lacked "sufficient and factual evidence." Su Chaoying, deputy director of the China Leather Association, said, "The lawsuit will help Chinese shoemakers win more support from shoe retailers and importers in the EU when the anti-dumping case is reviewed in 2008." Chen Lipeng, an official with Guangdong Foreign Trade Bureau, said, "The lawsuits reflect more Chinese companies have begun to deal with international trade frictions actively, and will help to prevent other countries from imposing similar anti-dumping duties." (Xinhua News Agency January 1, 2007)
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