BRUSSELS PROBES ALLEGED CHINA MOLYBDENUM ANTI-DUMPING DUTY EVASION
March 9th, 2015
The European Commission has launched an investigation into potentially illegal manoeuvres to evade anti-dumping duties levied on imports into the European Union (EU) of certain China–made molybdenum wire.Brussels’ probe follows complaints made by Austrian molybdenum wire manufacturer Plansee SE. It claims that exporters and importers have colluded to evade the duties by slightly changing the dimensions of the wire sold into Europe, to change their customs classification. Once they arrive at a buyer, the wire is resized to the dimension covered by the ...
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