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EU duties put the boot in footwear industry

31/12/2009

A decision by the European Union Council to extend anti-dumping duties on leather shoes from Vietnam by 15 months has put many shoe businesses in danger of bankruptcy.

Chinese shoemakers eyeing ASEAN to avoid anti-dumping impacts

31/12/2009

With China-ASEAN FTA coming into full force on January 1, 2010, 7,000 trading items covered by the agreements on the trade of goods and services will be tariff-free, giving Chinese shoemakers, who are facing EU's high anti-dumping duties, a chance to ease the impacts.

China extends anti-dumping probe into EU carbon steel fasteners

31/12/2009

BEIJING, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday it is to extend an anti-dumping investigation into carbon steel fasteners imported from the European Union.

American Shrimp Processors Condemns Proposed Thai Settlement

31/12/2009

The American Shrimp Processors Association strongly condemns the proposed settlement and revocation of the antidumping order on imported shrimp from Thailand. ASPA believes that the Southern Shrimp Alliance, the purported representative of the domestic shrimp industry, is selling out the American shrimp industry to Thailand in order to make a quick buck.

Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

31/12/2009

Dec 28, 2009 (Commerce Department Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via Comtex) – Summary : The Department of Commerce ("Department") published its preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on folding metal tables and chairs ("FMTCs") from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") on July 7, 2009. /1/ The period of review ("POR") is June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008. We invited interested parties to comment on our preliminary results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made changes to our margin calculations. Therefore, the final results differ from the preliminary results. The final dumping margins for this review are listed in the "Final Results of Review" section below.

China biggest victim of trade-protectionism

29/12/2009

WTO data reveals that, China has suffered the most number of countervailing investigations in 15 consecutive years. Figures for the previous year reveal that, China alone was involved in 35 percent of global anti-dumping cases and 71 percent of global countervailing cases.

China shoemakers call for appeal against EU's extension of anti-dumping duties

29/12/2009

WENZHOU, Zhejiang, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Major Chinese shoe makers have urged the Chinese government to appeal to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the European Union's (EU) approval of a 15-month extension of anti-dumping duties on Chinese leather shoes.

(India) Anti-dumping duty on import of Chinese flax fabric

29/12/2009

New Delhi, Dec 27 (PTI) The government has imposed anti- dumping duty of up to Rs 209 per meter on imports of flax fabric, used in curtains, from China and Hong Kong to guard the domestic industry.