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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s anti-fraud agency OLAF has revealed a lucrative scam involving the illicit import into Europe of millions of Chinese ring-binders. These were falsely labelled as having been made in Thailand, enabling their manufacturers to evade 78.8 per cent anti-dumping duties imposed on Chinese manufacturers who have been exporting cut-priced ring-binders to Europe, harming local manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE THAI government has formally requested that a World Trade Organisation disputes panel rules over the whether European Union’s customs coding for Thai frozen boneless salted chicken cuts is legal. They had been classified as salted meat (duty 15.4 per cent), now they are classed as frozen chicken, higher duty of Euro102.4/100 kg.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RULES will be lifted that require 20 per cent of Thai poultry meat exported into the European Union (EU) to be tested for residues of banned anti-microbial substances such as nitrofurans. The EU standing committee on the food chain and animal health has ordered an end to (initially 100 per cent) checks imposed in March 2002.…

BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA has called on Thailand to cut import tariffs on non-ferrous and ferrous metals to help boost trade between the two countries. Alexei Kudrin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance said that if tariffs were lowered, Russia would increase imports, particularly of non-ferrous metals, steel and iron, which constitute the lion’s share of Thai imports from Russia.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND is planning to amend its copyright act in a crack down on counterfeiters who plague the textile and clothing industry. Under the plan, violators of Thai copyright laws will no longer be able to negotiate out-of-court settlements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE THAI Broiler Processing Exporters Association has predicted a significant rise in Thailand’s chicken exports, following the recent relaxation of European Union health checks on their products. This follows the tightening of controls locally. Association president Anam Sirimongkolkasem (CORRECT SPELLING) said exports could now reach around 500,000 tonnes this year, up from 464,243 tonnes in 2002.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAI farmers of black tiger prawns have launched a series of protests across the country calling for a ban on cheap imports of prawns from neighbouring countries. The farmers are angry that the prawns are simply processed and re-exported, undercutting their own market in the process.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND’S leather goods exports have slipped for the third consecutive year, as manufacturers of international brands of leather goods move away from the country to tap cheaper labour costs in China. Exports are expected to fall below last year’s total value of Baht 70 billion (US$1.6 billion), according to the Thai Leather Goods Association, which said that the SARS virus and the Iraq war had further added pressure to the market.…

BY MARK ROWE
THAILAND’S shoemakers have been told they must create a niche market of intricately designed products or rise losing their global market share to China and Vietnam where costs are lower. The Thai Footwear Association said the country should make a virtue of the fact its shoemakers had greater skills than their Asian counterparts.…