CHINA CHAMOIS LEATHER DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY PROPOSED
August 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that definitive anti-dumping duties of 58.9% are imposed on imports into the European Union (EU) of chamois leather from China. Brussels has also proposed a provisional duty imposed since March be withheld and not retuned to Chinese exporters.
The tariffs, which will need confirmation by the EU Council of Ministers, have been erected because of surge in European Union market share captured by Chinese exporters, from 10.4% in 2001 to 30.2% in 2005, while that of EU producers fell from 39.9% to 30.8%. A ...
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