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European Commission delays vote on anti-dumping tariffs for Chinese glass fibre imports

27/08/2010

The European Commission has delayed its decision on whether to impose anti-dumping tariffs on glass fibre imports from China. Originally, EU 27 member states representatives were supposed to cast their vote in writing on the proposed measures on 11 August. The date has now been moved to 26 August, when a hearing is to take place. According to the European Composites Industry Association (EuCIA, Brussels / Belgium; www.eucia.org), the delay was in part caused by industry efforts to prevent “the devastating impact” of such measures.

EU Investigates Chinese Plastic Bag Trade

27/08/2010

Aug 23 - The European Union is investigating whether Chinese plastic bag manufacturers are avoiding high EU import tariffs by channelling exports through a single firm that is subject to lower duties.

EU investigates Chinese plastic bag trade

27/08/2010

EU concerned Chinese bag makers avoiding EU import tariffs

Textile Minister seeks duty free access to international markets

23/08/2010

MULTA(SANA): Federal Textile Minister Rana Farooq Saeed said that if the international community was sincere with Pakistan and it wanted to see Pakistan emerging as a self reliant country, it should give Pakistani products a duty-free access for next 10 years.

Indonesian Flour Costs Could Rise as Exporters Lose Production

23/08/2010

Jakarta. Local flour prices could see increases as steep as 20 percent due to supply shortages from Russia and Turkey, the Indonesian Association of Sugar and Flour Traders (Apegti) has predicted.

India re launches AD investigation on Chinese CR stainless steel

23/08/2010

Reporters from Mysteel learnt that India announced on August 16th 2010 to launch an anti dumping investigation on cold rolled flat products of stainless steel of 200 series, all the austenitic stainless steel with width below 600mm (nickel content below 6%) from China, UAE and US. That is the 7th AD cases launched by India in 2010.

US sued for imposing high taxes on Vietnamese shrimp

23/08/2010

Vietnam on August 20 brought a lawsuit protesting against the US imposition of anti-dumping taxes on the country’s shrimp to the Panel of the Dispute Settlement Body (PDSB) under the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Switzerland.

Malaysia: Decision on antidumping duties postponed

23/08/2010

In July, South Korea announced that a decision had been taken to impose antidumping duties on Malaysian plywood imports. However, on 2 August 2010, the Ministry of Finance and Strategy of the Republic of Korea announced a postponement of this decision until the South Korean Trade Commission in Malaysia has finalised its investigation. The final decision and a formal ruling will be made within the next 5 months.