It is known from Aokang Shoes Co. that Aokang has already appealed to the European Court of Justice against result of first trial, which means the lawsuit between Chinese shoes enterprises and EU steps into the final stage.
In 2006, EU launched its anti-dumping inquisition of China made shoes and decided to levy a 16.5% anti-dumping duty for two years. Two years later, EU decided to continue to levy anti-dumping duty for another 15 months in 2009. In 2006, five Chinese enterprises including Aokang appealed to General Court of EU against the anti-dumping duty. In March, 2010, their appeal was overruled by General Court.
Other four shoes enterprises except Aokang have already dropped the appeal. However, for chairman of Aokang Co., Ltd, Wang Zhentao, market share of shoes from Brazil, Turkey and Argentina increased rapidly in EU. If Chinese enterprises don't fight against this unfair treatment, Chinese shoes export to EU will hurt in future. According to statistics from China Leather Industry Association, Chinese shoes exports to EU dropped 20% due to anti-dumping duty.
Last month, WTO established a team to investigate whether the EU violated international trade rules when EU took anti-dumping measures against Chinese shoes after Chinese delegations' repeated request.
