4.3.Non-genuine manufacturer, not complying with the GSP regulations: [C] (18-19 February 2013)
On the spot, it was found that [C] company has been purportedly taken over by another Indonesian company, in December 2012. As the purchase of the company was concluded in December 2012, the person claims to be its new manager (hereafter: the new Manager) has not decided yet whether it will keep or change the company name, i.e., [C] . The new manager stated that [C] was purchased to manufacture in the future steel fasteners for the local market.
According to the new Manager’s statement, [C] was owned by a Chinese company, and the former Managers left Indonesia after having sold the company in January, 2013. Following his statement, he purported that the former Manager removed some equipment from the factory, in particular the loading and unloading ramps. He also stated that the former activity of the company was the manufacturing of steel fasteners from semi finished product. However, the new manager stated that former company stopped production in October, 2012. Moreover, the new Manager stated that he never saw the factory producing steel fasteners.
On the spot, at the premises of the factory there were five (5) heading machines, five (5) threading machines, one (1) heat treatment machine and three (3) plating machines and washing machines. These 14 machines are identical to those described and shown in the company profile provided in September 2012 by the former management of the company to the Batam Indonesia Free Trade Authority (BIFZA).
He also stated that the customers placed their orders to the sales office of [C] in China. The new Manager stated that [C] have had more than 50 customers in the EU.
Some documentation related to export consignments of steel fasteners to EU, sales contracts and imports of steel fasteners from the PR China, remained at the office of the company. Among this documentation invoices were found of the machinery described above and office equipment imported into Indonesia from the PR China. The Team also found copies of imports of “fasteners” and of “steel products (fasteners)” from the PR China. All imports were invoiced by the same Chinese company, [F Ltd.] .
No documentation was found related to payments, bank transactions, electricity consumption, water supplying and/or any other supplying of materials like pallets, cartons, etc, necessary for the alleged activity of the company, i.e., the manufacture of steel fasteners.
The new Manager stated that the former factory had around 44 workers. He was shown the quantities of steel fasteners exported to the EU during 2010 to 2012, and he stated that it was impossible to manufacture such amount of steel fasteners with the equipment and machinery installed in the factory.
In addition to the visit of the premises of the factory, a visit was paid to the forwarding agency [G] . The sales Manager of [G] stated that the agency have arranged the transport for the consignments imported by [C] from the PR China to Singapore, and afterwards to [Y] , and the transport of similar consignments of steel fasteners exported from [Y] to the EU, via Singapore. [G] Sales Manager confirmed to the EU mission team that the last importation arranged on behalf of [C] was for six (6) containers of steel fasteners shipped at [W] , PR China, on 18 October 2012.
Based on the findings mentioned above, it is concluded that [C] did not have real capacity to manufacture steel fasteners, neither from raw material and/or from semi finished products, as they claimed to BIFZA. Therefore, the “semi finished” products, as described on the invoices issued by [F Ltd.] , imported from PR China into [Y] was actually “finished product”, and the same product imported from PR China, was re-exported to the EU.
5. Mission conclusions in relation with the GSP certificates of Indonesian Preferential Origin Form A.
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