On December 19, 2013, the European Commission (EC) officially announced the initiation of an anti-subsidy investigation on polyester staple fibres (PSF)
This was an anti-dumping investigation initiated by the Australian Anti-Dumping Commission on July 26, 2013 against power transformers imported from Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.
On July 23, 2013, the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) officially initiated an investigation to apply anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures against steel pipes imported from Vietnam and South Korea. , Thailand, India, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and Ukraine.
This was an anti-dumping investigation initiated by the U.S. Department of Commerce on June 6th 2013 against imports of welded stainless pressure pipe from Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand.
On December 19, 2012, the Indonesian Self-Defense Commission (KPPI) notified the initiation of a safeguard investigation on Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel