MOLDOVA SCAM
April 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EXPORTS of steel rope and cables from Moldova into the European Union (EU) will now attract 51.8 per cent definitive anti-dumping duties, after the EU Council of Ministers approved a plan to prevent Ukraine producers fraudulently routing the product through its neighbour to evade existing tariffs. EU anti-fraud unit OLAF is also investigating the problem.
EXPORTS of steel rope and cables from Moldova into the European Union (EU) will now attract 51.8 per cent definitive anti-dumping duties, after the EU Council of Ministers approved a plan to prevent Ukraine producers fraudulently routing the product through its neighbour to evade existing tariffs. EU anti-fraud unit OLAF is also investigating the problem.
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