The European Union (EU) terminated its anti-dumping duties of 16.5% against the leather shoes imported from China as of April 1. With determined and unswerving efforts at last, China shoemakers ended this five-year unfair trade protectionism on a triumphant note.

Aokang Group and other four China's major shoemaker, October 23, 2006, sued the EU at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the EU's levying of anti-dumping tariffs on the ground that the tariffs on Chinese shoes violated EU laws. ECJ rejected the petition of the five Chinese shoemakers and upheld the Commission's decision on March 9, 2010. The disgruntled Aokang then appealed to the High court on July 12, 2010. The Chinese government also brought the case to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in April 2010. These persistent shoemakers pushed back and won eventually.

(China IP News)