Thailand and nine foreign embassies have urged the US to extend tax privileges after they expired early this year, costing their exporters more than Bt2 billions in higher duties.
India has initiated a probe into alleged dumping of ‘Grinding Media Balls', mainly used by cement and coal industry, by Thailand and China to protect domestic players.
The European Union ended six-year-old tariffs on polyester fibers from China, facilitating EU market access for Chinese exporters such as Far Eastern Polychem Industries Ltd.
In sync with several other major economies, India initiated less number of anti-dumping probes against imports between October, 2010 and April 2011, according to a joint report of the multilateral agencies.
After 14 month investigation into China’s aluminum extrusion dumping issue, the US Department of Commerce formally announced the final anti-dumping and countervailing duty rate on certain China’s suppliers.
The government has decided to continue anti-dumping duty of up to $4.82 per kg on Viscose Filament Yarn till February, 2012 to protect the domestic industry.
New Vietnamese rules on imports of cosmetics, alcohol, cell phones and other items amount to non-tariff barriers and may breach the country’s international trade obligations, trade groups, lawyers and diplomats said on Friday.
Taipei, May 27 (CNA) Taiwan will implement a provisional anti-dumping duty on cement products from mainland China beginning May 30, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday, after a preliminary investigation found that Chinese cement can cause substantial damage to the local cement industry.