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Rubber industry wants cess, dumping duty abolished

27/02/2008

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's rubber industry wants a cess on natural and anti-dumping duties on synthetic rubber abolished in the forthcoming budget to be more competitive globally.

U.S. slaps duties on refrigerator magnets from China

27/02/2008

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will impose a steep duty on Chinese refrigerator magnets because production subsidies in that country put comparable American products at a disadvantage, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday.

Protest over EC snuffing out competition from Chinese candles

27/02/2008

First it was cheap T-shirts and bras. Next it was shoes. Then energy-saving light bulbs. Now British retailers are up in arms over another booming Chinese export to Europe - low-cost candles.

Fight against chicken wing dumping in South Africa

27/02/2008

The poultry industry has asked a senior ANC MP to help fight the Department of Trade and Industry's proposed reduction or scrapping of anti-dumping duties against imports.

High farm prices could help Doha talks

27/02/2008

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - High agricultural commodity prices could help set the stage this year for a new world trade agreement after more than six years of talks, a top Bush administration official said on Tuesday.

Anti-dumping duty on shrimp to be reviewed by US

23/02/2008

KOCHI: The third round of annual review on anti-dumping duty on Indian shrimp imports was announced by the US Department of Commerce.

Candle prices will rise if EU imposes trade duties

23/02/2008

Europe can’t hold a candle to Chinese competitionStrasbourg, 18th February 2008 -- The price consumers and retailers pay for their candles will increase if the EU slaps a tariff on Chinese candle imports, Syed Kamall MEP, Conservative international trade spokesman in the European Parliament, said today.

Cement companies seek import protection, cut in levies

23/02/2008

DELHI/MUMBAI: Cement companies are asking finance minister P Chidambaram, who slapped a dual duty regime on them last year, to reduce local levies and reimpose countervailing duty (CVD) on imports in the forthcoming Budget. Industry players claim that cement is the highest-taxed essential infrastructure input in the country with the combined levies coming to 70% of ex-factory price.