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Cheap Chinese imports invade Brazil’s patron saint market
04/12/2011
It’s not easy to be Catholic in China. But it is easy to make money from Catholicism. And for Chinese manufacturers keen to cash in on the religion, there’s no better market than Brazil, whose ports are bursting with containers filled with Chinese-made images of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil’s patron saint.
Argentina Imposes Anti-dumping Duties on Imports of Manual Straight Steel Blades from China
04/12/2011
On November 24, 2011, the Government of Argentina, published Resolution 377/2011, closing an anti-dumping investigation on imports of manual straight steel blades from the People's Republic of China (N.C.M. 8202.91.00 and 8202.99.90). The opening of the investigation had been requested by local producer Sin Par S.A, and the dumping margin was calculated to be 117,95 %.
China challenges US continuation of practice inflating dumping margins through zeroing
04/12/2011
China requested a WTO panel on October 13, 2011 challenging the U.S. practice of zeroing in the 2004 antidumping investigation involving warm water shrimp and the 2006 antidumping investigation of diamond saw blades. This challenge to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) practice of zeroing to inflate dumping margins is the 10th such challenge since the WTO Appellate Body first condemned the practice in 2004.
RFA Responds to EU Ethanol Probe
02/12/2011
The European Union (EU) has initiated anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations regarding U.S. exports of ethanol to Europe and current U.S. policies surrounding ethanol production and use. Allegations by EU ethanol producers, represented by the organization ePure, suggest that U.S. ethanol exports to Europe are taking advantage of the expiring volumetric ethanol excise tax credit, or VEETC, prior to export resulting in a lower price and harming EU ethanol producers.
