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Russia stops duty free imports of Ukrainian pipes

16/04/2010

SteelOrbis - As of April 1, 2010, Russia has stopped duty free imports of Ukrainian pipes in the absence of agreed quotas for supplies not subject to antidumping duty payment, Russia's Federal Customs Service has announced.

EU rejects China complaint at WTO over shoe duties

16/04/2010

BRUSSELS, April 9 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Friday rejected a complaint by China to the World Trade Organisation that the EU executive's anti-dumping tariffs on imports of certain Chinese-made shoes breached WTO rules.

DOC initiates reviews of certain imported shrimp

16/04/2010

American shrimp associations have requested the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) International Trade Administration to conduct administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain frozen warmwater shrimp coming from Brazil, India and Thailand. The reviews of these orders will involve more than 300 companies located in these countries.

China counters claims of weak hand in soyoil spat

16/04/2010

Beijing has countered claims that its reliance on soyoil imports leaves it in a vulnerable position in a dispute with Argentina, the biggest exporter of the vegetable oil, saying China has ample supplies in store.

World Tariff Wars

12/04/2010

U.S. protectionism is hurting American exports.President Obama launched his National Export Initiative last month. Objective: Double exports in five years. Sounds good. Too bad some of our trading partners missed the memo.

Caribbean Cement triumphs ... again

12/04/2010

In this September 2006 Gleaner photo, brothers Chris Bicknell (left) and Bruce Bicknell look over the development plans for a new port facility at Rio Bueno, Trelawny, which is now the base of the cement distribution operation. - File

US aluminum extrusion makers seek duties on China

12/04/2010

WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers of an aluminum product used by the automobile and construction industries have asked President Barack Obama's administration to slap duties on competing imports from China, industry and government officials said on Thursday.

Russia halts duty-free steel pipe imports from Ukraine

12/04/2010

Russia halted from April 1 the imports of Ukrainian steel pipes duty free over the failure of the two ex-Soviet republics to agree on a quota for the second quarter of 2010, the Federal Customs Service reported on Thursday.