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Australia - CVD investigation on certain toilet paper terminated
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.
Vietnam’s plastic bags under US lawsuit threat
Vietnam’s plastic bags under US lawsuit threat

23/10/2008

Polyethylene retail carrier bags, or plastic bags, imported from Vietnam may face an anti-dumping lawsuit in the US.
US - final injury determination on PET film, sheet and strip from Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates
US - final injury determination on PET film, sheet and strip from Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates

23/10/2008

21/10/2008 - The United States International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) today determined that a U.S. industry is threatened with material injury by reason of imports of polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip from Brazil, China, and the United Arab Emirates that the U.S.
Agriculture sector hit by global turmoil
Agriculture sector hit by global turmoil

23/10/2008

Exports of Vietnamese agricultural products have been hit hard by the global economic slowdown, with falling demand sending prices plummeting.
China shifts course as export demand slows
China shifts course as export demand slows

22/10/2008

The Chinese government has begun drafting tax and spending policies to stimulate the economy after economic growth slowed in the third quarter of this year to 9 percent, the slowest pace since an outbreak of SARS in 2003.
WTO Appeals body rejects claim that EU hormones ban breaks WTO rules
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
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
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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