On November 21, 2006, the International Trade Commission of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "ITC") made an affirmative preliminary determination in its injury investigation involving certain footwear from China.

According to the affirmative preliminary determination, the ITC found that there is a reasonable indication that an R.O.C. industry is being materially injured by reason of imports of certain footwear from China that are alleged to be sold in the R.O.C. at less than normal value.
Under the jurisdiction set forth in the Regulations Governing the Implementation of the Imposition of Countervailing and Anti-dumping Duties, the MOEA shall make an investigation, conducted by the ITC, as to whether there is any injury to an R.O.C. industry. As a result of the MOEA's affirmative preliminary determination , the Ministry of Finance will continue to conduct a dumping investigation of imports of certain footwear from China, and its preliminary determination will be made within 70 days (if not extended) after the next day of receipt of a notice, made by the MOEA on November 29, of the foregoing determination.
The public version of the preliminary injury investigation report in Chinese is expected to be available after December 1, 2006 from ITC's website (http://www.moeaitc.gov.tw) or from the office of ITC's Investigation Division.