EU COUNCIL REFUSES TO REIMPOSE ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON MAINLAND CHINA AND HONG KONG SHOEMAKERS
March 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has refused to reimpose EU anti-dumping duties at 16.5% on five China and Hong Kong-based shoemakers, rejecting a European Commission proposal. A council communiqué said ministers “rejected a proposal aimed at re-imposing anti-dumping duties on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather” made in mainland China. The companies affected were Brosmann Footwear, Seasonable Footwear, Lung Pao Footwear, Risen Footwear and Zhejiang Aokang Shoes. The decision ends a long legal tit-for-tat battle. The companies had ...
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