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US to impose antidumping duty on Vietnamese steel hangers

22/01/2013

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.

Indonesia launches new investigation into steel imports

22/01/2013

HCMC – After deciding to levy anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled steel imported from a number of countries, including Vietnam, Indonesia has launched an investigation into iron or non-alloy steel imports.

US to probe shrimp disputes with China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam

22/01/2013

WASHINGTON - The US Commerce Department announced Friday that it was launching countervailing duty investigations on frozen warmwater shrimp from China and other six countries.

US may intensify trade probes in 2013

18/01/2013

The United States is likely to intensify anti-dumping and countervailing investigations into exports from Asian emerging economies as the world's largest economy is mired in debt-ceiling negotiations and in a slow economic recovery, the People's Daily reported.

U.S. meat-labeling rules cost Canadian hog farmers $2 bln-group

18/01/2013

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The United States' country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost the Canadian hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its rules.

EU berates China over steel subsidies

18/01/2013

The European Commission has concluded that China is providing illegal subsidies to its steel manufacturers, paving the way for European companies to seek higher import tariffs on a wide range of Chinese products.

India: GSFCL gets reprieve from competition watchdog

18/01/2013

State-owned Gujarat State Fertilisers and Chemicals Ltd (GSFCL) has got a reprieve from the Competition Commission of India in a case related to anti-dumping duty on melamine imports from China.

Government backs tariffs to guard South Africa

18/01/2013

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to encourage companies in strategic industries to apply for increases in duties on cheap imported products which threaten local manufactures, and where the applied tariff is well below their bound rates, a senior official of the department said last week.