The Ukraine Inter-Departmental Committee of International Trade decided on October 9 to impose a five-year anti-dumping tariff on Chinese-made syringes. The anti-dumping tariff on 2ml syringes imported from China is 24.36 percent, and 54.15 percent on 5ml and 347.14 percent on 10ml China-made syringes.
The decision also involves syringes from Spain, the UK and German. Spain-made 5ml and 10ml syringes will have anti-dumping tariffs of 10.54 percent and 196.38 percent respectively. UK-made 10ml syringes will have a 23 percent tariff, and 10ml syringes from Germany will have a 37 percent tariff.
On July 23, 2008, the Ukraine Inter-Departmental Committee of International Trade began its anti-dumping investigation on syringes imported from China, Spain, German and the UK according to the appeal of two domestic companies.
China is the world's largest manufacturer and exporter of disposable syringes. Because of the fierce competition in the domestic disposable syringe market and there is no key technology involved, the profit margins of China's disposable syringe exporters is very low.
