After the Mexican government applied AD measures on Chinese CRC imports, a Chinese seller said it could change the "origin" of the products it sells to Malaysia, as a way to avoid the duties on the foreign product, according to media reports this week.
China's Topcar Global Forwarding Co reportedly made the offer to a Mexican company, which asked media to keep its identity anonymous.
According to Topcar's proposal, which was obtained by Mexican news outlet Milenio, the product would be sent to Malaysia for a short period of time, so the product's origin could be changed. Later, the product would head to Mexico "free" of the AD duties imposed on CRC imports.
The Chinese exporter said in the proposal it has already obtained “a lot of successful cases in Mexico” with steel and other products.