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Indian cycle industry pedaling hard to catch up with Chinese imports

08/09/2011

Ludhiana: The heavy import of bicycle and its parts from China is hurting the Indian bicycle industry. Following the increase in imports by manifold, the bicycle industry in Punjab is incurring huge loss.

Indonesia Fails to Convince WTO on U.S. Clove-Cigarette Ban

06/09/2011

Indonesia failed to prove that a U.S. ban on clove cigarettes, designed to prevent teenagers from starting to smoke, is unnecessary, a panel of World Trade Organization judges said.

India: Abolition of anti-dumping duty on yarn, fibre sought

06/09/2011

SURAT: With the prices of synthetic yarn and fibre increasing in the domestic market, the weavers and the importers have demanded that the anti-dumping duty on all types of yarns and fabrics imported from China and other countries should be abolished to streamline the prices in the local market.

USS Loses Challenge To 2007 Mexican Pipe Sunsets

06/09/2011

US Steel was unsuccessful in its challenge of the 2007 sun setting of antidumping duties on large-diameter welded line pipe imports from Mexico.

EU Announces AD Expiry to China's Non-Motor Vehicle Saddles

06/09/2011

On September 1, 2011, the EU announced that the anti-dumping (AD) measures on China-made saddles for non-motor vehicles will expire on June 22, 2012, therefore any stakeholders are required to file their petitions for relevant anti-dumping sunset review with the European Commission during the period of from the announcement date to three months before that date of expiry.

India: Anti-Dumping Duties Invite Legal Action from Shrimp Exporters

06/09/2011

Seafood Exporters Association of India (SEAI) urged that India’s Government take the US to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) subsequent to continued zeroing in on Indian shrimp exports by the US Government. Two shrimp Indian exporters recently lodged a complaint in the US Court of International Trade challenging a Department of Commerce (DOC) anti-dumping duty review that purportedly relies on unjust calculations.

Protectionism will hurt economic recovery: Anand Sharma

06/09/2011

NEW DELHI: India on Thursday asked the developed nations, especially the US and European countries, not to turn protectionist in view of the current economic crisis, saying it would only prove counter-productive and hurt recovery.

Mexico–US begin poultry anti-dumping hearing

06/09/2011

The US and Mexican poultry industries have begun meetings in an effort to resolve Mexico's anti-dumping case against imports of US chicken leg quarters.