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Pair of Steel Anti-Dumping Cases Filed to Beat Key Deadline

05/10/2009

US Steel and a subsidiary of Nucor filed two anti-dumping complaints, covering steel tubes for the oil and gas industry and fasteners just before October 1 which allows both companies (and supporting organizations such as the United Steelworkers) to use market data from early 2009 to support their cases, according to this Bloomberg article. Complaints filed after October 1 can only use market data from the third quarter and as the Bloomberg article notes, import prices had increased making the complaints harder to prove.

China opts not to cut duties on chemicals

05/10/2009

China rejected yesterday calls from the United States and European businesses to join a pact eliminating import duties in the chemical sector as part of a global trade deal.

US chicken put under dumping probe

02/10/2009

China started anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations yesterday into imported chicken products from the United States, the Ministry of Commerce said.

EU Commission plans extended China shoe tax-sources

02/10/2009

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) - The European Commission is expected to propose next month extending anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese-made shoes for two years instead of the normal five-year period, diplomatic and industry sources said.

China Welcomes ITC Ruling Forcing OTR Anti-Dumping Rethink

02/10/2009

Tyres & Accessories – The Chinese government has welcomed a U.S. Court of International Trade ruling that the U.S. Department of Commerce imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Hebei Starbright Tyre Co. might result in it paying twice.

China continues anti-dumping measures on some imported PVC

02/10/2009

BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Monday that it will maintain anti-dumping measures on some imported polyvinyl chloride (PVC) from Sept. 29.

Anti-dumping duty on sodium hydrosulphite to continue

02/10/2009

India will continue imposing anti-dumping duty of over $372 per tone on import of sodium hydrosulphite, used by diverse industrial sectors like textiles and soap, from China to prevent the decline of the domestic industry.

CISA opposes EU's anti-dumping duties on seamless steel pipes

02/10/2009

China Iron & Steel Association (CISA) strongly opposes the European Union's (EU) five-year anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made seamless steel pipes, claiming that it may submit an application to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to settle the dispute.