CHINA QUOTAS
November 1st, 2003
Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed expanding import quotas for Chinese shoe exporters to come into effect when the European Union (EU) is expended in membership next year by 10 new member countries from eastern and southern Europe. For instance, quotas for footwear with outer soles of rubber or plastics would rise from 8.474 million to 18.9 million pairs from May and 14.8 million to 33.5 million for slippers and other indoor footwear; five other footwear tariff lines are affected. In 2005, all restrictive import quotas will disappear as a result of ...
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