The Canadian government recently announced policy and regulation changes that it argues “will help improve Canada’s trade remedy system for all sectors.”
It's an issue between Indonesia, together with Malaysia, against the environmentally conscious European Union (EU) that had been percolating for some time because the bloc is stopping imports of palm oil for biofuel because its mass production causes mass deforestation.
While the damage is largely already done for cells, modules and inverters, the increased tariffs on U.S. module components and 15% tariffs on lithium-ion batteries are not good news for either sector.
Pangasius export turnover – one of the key export products – dropped significantly in the first seven months of 2019. Enterprises are expected to have a breakthrough in the last months of the year.
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) on August 22 released the final results of the 13th period of review (POR 13), officially imposing zero percent tariffs on 31 Vietnamese shrimp exporters.