EU TO EXTEND CHINESE SILICON ANTI-DUMPING DUTY TO SOUTH KOREA EXPORTS
December 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed extending a 49% anti-dumping duty levied on Chinese exports to the European Union (EU) of silicon to consignments from South Korea, to block an alleged origin fraud. Following an investigation into a leap in South Korean silicon export volumes and claims "of [duty] circumvention", through transhipment via South Korea, the Commission has concluded "there was insufficient cause" to explain the trade pattern change "other than the imposition of [China-paid] anti-dumping measures." ...
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