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China challenges EU duties on screws, bolts at WTO

19/07/2009

BRUSSELS, July 17 (Reuters) - China has decided to challenge at the World Trade Organisation European Union anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made screws and bolts imposed by Brussels in January, sources with knowledge of the case said on Friday.

(South Africa) Certain antidumping duties about to lapse

19/07/2009

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has announced that a number of antidumping duties are due to lapse, if antidumping investigations are not initiated. The products in question are acetaminophenol imported from or originating in the Peoples Republic of China (China), France or the US; blankets originating in China or Turkey; bolts and nuts of iron or steel originating in China; nuts of iron and steel originating in Taiwan; paper-insulated, lead-covered electric cable originating in India; polyethylene terephthalate originating in Taiwan, India or the Republic of Korea; and unframed glass mirrors originating in India or Indonesia.

No effect of export duty on domestic market in China

19/07/2009

It is reported that on June 19th, the State Council disclosed to scrap or reduce a 5% cut of export duty on light & medium sections and other steel products, effecting since July 1st. The announcement soon aroused wide responses across the world.

(India) Need to impose safeguard duty on imports of caustic soda

19/07/2009

The spate of imports in caustic soda has increased by nearly 80 per cent in the first quarter of 2009-10, on an year-on-year basis, rendering domestic chlor alkali production unprofitable, claimed Alkali Manufacturers’ Association of India (AMAI). The imports of caustic soda in the industry had declined below 5,000 metric tonne (mt) per month (last year’s average was 11,000 mt per month) after imposition of anti-dumping duties on various sources resorting to dumping.

Locke: Anti-dumping cases not indications of US policy

19/07/2009

US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke downplayed questions about US protectionism in an interview with China Daily today, saying the number of anti-dumping cases filed by the US against China this year is about the same as in 2008 and 2007.

Anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium carbonate

19/07/2009

Potassium Carbonate, CWThe government has imposed anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium carbonate, used in soap making, to guard the domestic industry from cheap shipments from EU, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Anti-dumping duty on imports of potassium carbonate

19/07/2009

NEW DELHI: The government has imposed anti- dumping duty on imports of potassium carbonate, used in soap making, to guard the domestic industry from cheap shipments from EU, China, Taiwan and Korea.

Vietnam: Checks On Float-glass Imports

16/07/2009

HA NOI — The Ministry of Industry and Trade early this month decided to launch a safeguard investigation on imports of float glass originating from different countries and territories, according to the Viet Nam Competition Administration Department (VCAD).