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EU faces new pressure to end duties on Russian fertilisers

17/08/2018

Pressure is growing on EU trade officials to end long-running anti-dumping duties on Russian ammonium nitrate fertilisers.

Argentina imposes two day embargo on soy meal, soy oil exports

15/08/2018

Argentina’s Agriculture Ministry has temporarily suspended a reporting mechanism which tracks exports for soy oil, soy meal, pellets and other products containing soy, effectively curtailing exports of those products for two days.

India: Finance Ministry Defers Decision on Safeguard Duty on Solar Equipment

15/08/2018

The Ministry of Finance, on Monday 13 August, deferred the recent imposition of a safeguard duty on solar cells and modules in compliance with an order of the Odisha High Court.

NZ Steel undercut by dumped Malaysian product, Chinese imports still okay: MBIE

15/08/2018

BlueScope Steel-owned NZ Steel is being undercut by Malaysian products dumped in the local market, says the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

US Imposes 25 Percent Import Tariff on Solar Cells and Modules from China

15/08/2018

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced a 25 percent additional tariff on the import of 279 Chinese products, worth approximately $16 billion. Among these products, solar cells and modules are included under the category “diodes for semiconductor devices, other than light-emitting diodes.”

US’s DoC levies anti-subsidy tax on Vietnamese laminated woven sacks

15/08/2018

Bags and packing bags consisting of woven polypropylene strips and/or polyethylene strips, resin or similar materials imported from Vietnam will be taxed at 3.24-6.15 percent, much lower than the 29.54-304.4 percent applied for the same products from China.

U.S. Department of Commerce Finds Dumping and Subsidization of Imports of Stainless Steel Flanges from India

15/08/2018

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of stainless steel flanges from India.

Trump confirms additional 25% tariffs on Chinese cells and modules

13/08/2018

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer yesterday confirmed 25% tariffs on $16 billion worth of goods from China in the second round of import duties imposed under the Section 301 process – which permits the president to take action to remove a measure deemed to be damaging to U.S. interests or in violation of international agreements, under the U.S. Trade Act of 1974.