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US to impose antidumping duty on Vietnamese steel hangers

22/01/2013

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of steel wire garment hangers from Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.

US panel OKs duties on China, Vietnam wind towers

22/01/2013

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. trade panel on Friday narrowly approved punitive duties for five years on hundreds of millions of dollars of wind towers from China and Vietnam.

Russia, Turkey Face Five-Year EU Tariffs on Steel Tube Fittings

22/01/2013

The European Union imposed five-year tariffs on steel tube fittings from Russia and Turkey to curb competition for EU producers including Italy’s Virgilio Cena & Figli SpA.

US may intensify trade probes in 2013

18/01/2013

The United States is likely to intensify anti-dumping and countervailing investigations into exports from Asian emerging economies as the world's largest economy is mired in debt-ceiling negotiations and in a slow economic recovery, the People's Daily reported.

U.S. meat-labeling rules cost Canadian hog farmers $2 bln-group

18/01/2013

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The United States' country-of-origin meat-labeling rules have directly cost the Canadian hog and pork industry more than $2 billion, according to a report that could help determine retaliation against U.S. exports if Washington does not change its rules.

State backs higher tariffs to protect South African industries

18/01/2013

THE Department of Trade and Industry wants to encourage companies in strategic industries to apply for increases in duties on cheap imported products which threaten local manufactures, and where the applied tariff is well below their bound rates, a senior official of the department said last week.

Government backs tariffs to guard South Africa

18/01/2013

The Department of Trade and Industry wants to encourage companies in strategic industries to apply for increases in duties on cheap imported products which threaten local manufactures, and where the applied tariff is well below their bound rates, a senior official of the department said last week.

EU berates China over steel subsidies

18/01/2013

The European Commission has concluded that China is providing illegal subsidies to its steel manufacturers, paving the way for European companies to seek higher import tariffs on a wide range of Chinese products.