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Textile exporters prepare for quota-free trade

21/01/2008

According to an agreement betweenChinaand the EU, exports ofChina'stextile products to the EU countries will not be subject to any quantity limitsstarting this year. And textile export quotas to theUS will be abolished in 2009.

EU seen imposing duties on US biodiesel

21/01/2008

LONDON (Reuters) - The European Union is likely to imposecountervailing duties on U.S. biodiesel imports this year, the head of a majorUK biodiesel company said on Monday

India to help exporters financially to contest dumping cases abroad

21/01/2008

Also to assist in anti-money laundering law compliance litigations In a significant attempt to help the exporting community, the Government has now decided to extend financial assistance to exporters for contesting anti-dumping duty related litigations in foreign countries.

EU Member Nations Divided On Anti-Dumping Tariffs

21/01/2008

Brussels, Belgium (AHN) - The European trade commissionerhas again delayed plans to reform the EU's trade defense policy to protectmember nations from foreign competitors, such as China, dumping goods atbelow-cost prices.

Illinois Resident Pleads Guilty to Illegally Dealing in Falsely Labeled Fish from Vietnam

21/01/2008

WASHINGTON — David S. Wong, a resident ofElk Grove Village,Ill.,pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court inLos Angeles to violating the Lacey Act forpurchasing and re-selling a specific species of fish in the catfish family whenhe reasonably should have known that the fish had been imported illegally, theJustice Department announced.

WTO members adopt dispute panel ruling on ‘salmon’

17/01/2008

The WTODispute Settlement Body, which comprises all members, adopted on 15 January2008 the panel report onNorway’scomplaint against the EU’s anti-dumping measures on salmon. The meeting alsodiscussed implementation of two earlier rulings in cases involvingBrazil’s import ban on retreaded tyres andJapan’scountervailing duties on dynamic random access memories from Rep. Korea.

Argentine biodiesel arriving in EU

16/01/2008

PARIS (Reuters) -Argentina has exported largevolumes of biodiesel at very cheap prices to the European Union in 2007 andmore will arrive in the coming year, the president of the European BiodieselBoard (EBB) said on Monday.

Anti-dumping duty on organic drug goes

16/01/2008

Special CorrespondentNEW DELHI: The Centre has decided to lift theanti-dumping duty on imports of ‘Trimethroprim,’ an organic drug intermediate,fromChina.A notification was issued by the Central Board of Customs and Excise last week