Dried fruit producers fight against cheap Greek imports

18/11/2008 12:00 - 742 Views

Australian dried fruits producers have won the first stage of their case against the dumping of Greek currants on the Australian market.

The Australian Dried Fruits Association and the processor Sunbeam mounted an anti-dumping case arguing Greek product was being sold in Australia at below the normal price in the home country.

The association's Phil Chidgzey says Australian Customs has delivered its interim findings, and has found Australian producers suffered price suppression and loss of sales volumes as a result of the Greek imports.

"That's led Customs in its paper to indicate that they're going to recommend that measures be imposed which means a duty applied to imported currants," he said.

"What it will do is lift the price, increase the price of imported product."

There are now 20 days for submissions on the interim findings before Australian Customs makes its recommendations to the Federal Government.

Posted Fri Nov 7, 2008 10:30am AEDT

Source: www.abc.net.au