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Cement manufacturers sound alarm over cheap

18/06/2010

KAMPALA, Uganda, June 15- East Africa Cement Producers Association has warned that the whole cement manufacturing sector in East Africa is faced with imminent plant closures and job losses as a result of increased dumping of cheap and subsidised cement mainly from Asia.

Brazilian Steel Producers Defend Import Tariffs

18/06/2010

With the greatest respect to Roger Agnelli, chief executive officer of Brazil’s Vale, he may head up the largest iron ore company in the world but how he keeps a straight face sometimes begs an answer. In a recent Reuters article, Mr. Agnelli is said to have warned that reducing, or heaven forbid removing, import taxes on steel products would weaken Brazilian steel producers and could have very serious consequences for the domestic market. Hold on a minute Mr Agnelli. Brazilian steel producers are said to be (literally) sitting on top of some of the lowest cost and highest grade iron ore and coking coal deposits in the world

U.S. yuan bill would be against WTO rules: China

18/06/2010

BEIJING (Reuters) - Proposed U.S. legislation aimed at punishing China unless it lets the yuan rise would not be in line with World Trade Organization rules, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Saturday.

Argentina to apply 5-year antidumping measure against Brazil's sanitary products

18/06/2010

Argentine Industry and Tourism Ministry decided on Friday to keep antidumping measures against imported Brazilian pottery sanitary products for five years.

Soybeans Rise as China Increases Cooking-Oil Imports From U.S.

18/06/2010

June 11 (Bloomberg) -- Soybeans rose the most in a week after a government report showed increased U.S. sales of vegetable oil to China, the world’s largest consumer.

US preliminarily finds subsidization of drill pipe from China

14/06/2010

SteelOrbis - On June 8, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced an affirmative preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on imports of drill pipe from China.

(China) The Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation Investigates the Anti-dumping Effects of the Key Industries

14/06/2010

From September 1 to October 15, the Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation set up three groups to carry out investigation on the recuperation and development of the key industries such as the polysester chip, polysester staple chip

Itac in wide-ranging tariff amendments

14/06/2010

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has been quite busy lately, as evidenced by the numerous tariff amendments and trade-remedy amendments published on May 28.