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Anti-dumping PET ruling could push prices up for European converters

07/06/2010

A European Union proposal to impose import duties on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) shipments from Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to result in cost increases for European converters, said Brussels.

Non-petitioners might still get import duties, Customs says Encourages U.S. manufacturers to keep filing claims

07/06/2010

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has advised domestic manufacturers that didn't support antidumping petitions in their respective industries to keep filing claims to seek duties collected under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act, otherwise known as the Byrd Amendment.

Industry to seek restrictive duty on steel alloy imports from China

07/06/2010

NEW DELHI: Stainless steel makers on Wednesday said they will approach the Commerce Ministry for imposition of anti-dumping duty on certain grades of the alloy from China to protect the domestic mills from cheap imports.

Duty on STPP imports from China proposed

07/06/2010

The Commerce and Industry Ministry has recommended to the Finance Ministry imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of a chemical from China used in household cleaning products.

WTO to set up panel to review US duty on shrimp imports

07/06/2010

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has decided to establish a panel to review the anti-dumping duty imposed by the US on frozen shrimp imports from Vietnam . The decision was made after Vietnam’s repeated requests for setting up a panel at a session of the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) in Geneva.

WTO Questions Chinese Export Limits on Raw Materials

07/06/2010

June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Chinese curbs on raw-material exports to help conserve resources and protect the environment “may not be the best way to achieve” those objectives and give Chinese manufacturers an unfair edge, the World Trade Organization said.

U.S. slaps steep final duties on China steel gratings

07/06/2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday set combined final duties ranging up to more than 200 percent on imports of steel gratings from China that totaled about $90 million in 2008, the U.S. Commerce Department said.

Trade and competition in Latin America and Caribbean discussed

07/06/2010

SELALatin American trade and competition officials have proposed a new regional working group on trade and competition within the Latin American and Caribbean System (SELA).