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Australia - CVD investigation on certain toilet paper terminated
28/10/2008
On 26 March 2008 the Australian Customs Service initiated an investigation into an application lodged by Kimberly-Clark Australia Pty Limited (KCA) and SCA Hygiene Australasia Pty Ltd (SCA) on behalf of the Australian industry for a countervailing duty notice in respect of certain toilet paper exported to Australia from the People’s Republic of China (China). The application alleged that the goods that had been exported to Australia were subsidised and because of that were causing material injury to the Australian industry.
Agriculture sector hit by global turmoil
23/10/2008
China shifts course as export demand slows
22/10/2008
WTO Appeals body rejects claim that EU hormones ban breaks WTO rules
20/10/2008
The Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has published its decision on the EU's challenge of US and Canadian sanctions imposed on EU exports in retaliation for EU restrictions on imports of hormone-treated meat. In its longest decision to date, the Appellate Body reverses most of the conclusions previously reached by the WTO panel in this case.
Canada - preliminary injury determination on aluminium extrusions
20/10/2008
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal, under the provisions of subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, has conducted a preliminary injury inquiry into whether the evidence discloses a reasonable indication that the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of aluminum extrusions produced via an extrusion process
US - final dumping determination on sodium metal
15/10/2008
US - final dumping determination on sodium metalOn October 14, the Department of Commerce announced its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on imports of sodium metal from France. Dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the United States at less than normal value.
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