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SERBIA & MONTENEGRO



BY KEITH NUTHALL
SERBIA & Montenegro can resume shipping sugar to the EU at zero-rated tariffs, after establishing certification procedures preventing origin fraud that sparked the suspension of this trade privilege.…

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CHINA RESTRICTIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has lifted bans on the import of Chinese shrimps, farmed fish, honey, royal jelly, rabbit meat and some other animal products, citing improvements in controls in the use of veterinary medicines.…

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RICE DUTY



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed new tariffs for husked rice of Euro 65/ton and milled rice Euro 175/ton, helping it deal with sales of fake Basmati rice.…

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WTO ROUND DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE HALF-TIME ‘framework’ agreement on the current WTO round struck last month (July) in Geneva involves developed countries slashing at least 20% from all “trade distorting support”, including schemes limiting production, such as set-aside. These subsidies would only continue if they “are made on a fixed and unchanging” yield of crops and livestock, or cover 85% or less of current production.…

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NEW COMMISSIONERS THINK PIECE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLITICAL change can be like growing seasons, it moves gradually, but in a month or two, the landscape has completely changed. So when the recently appointed European Commission takes office in November, the new commissioners of concern for the farming industry will face challenges unanticipated this summer.…

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AFRICAN LION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to inject up to US$8 million into the Mauritius-based African Lion II equity investment fund to boost early-stage African mining exploration and development projects. The EIB wants to promote the “development of the small-medium scale mining sector in Africa”, adding African Lion schemes would comply with best environmental practice.…

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WEST AFRICA DEVELOPMENT



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WEST African mining industry will benefit from a Euro 50 million financing package being prepared by the European Investment Bank (EIB). It wants to sink money into two facilities of the West African Development Bank, citing mining as a key beneficiary.…

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MINE FACTS



BY MATTHEW BRACE
Mine Name: Argyle Diamond Mine

Location: 180km south east of Kununurra, East Kimberley, Western Australia. Mining lease sits on traditional land of Gija and Mirriuwong Aboriginal people.

Ownership: 100% owned and managed by Rio Tinto.

Start Up: Alluvial mining commenced in 1983; formally commissioned as a mine in December 1985.…

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SBS DUTIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has rebuffed calls from the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) for increased European Union (EU) tariff protection against dumped styrene-butadiene-styrene thermoplastic rubber (SBS). Furthermore, it has proposed abolishing existing anti-dumping duties on the product on Taiwanese producers.…

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PAKISTAN PET



BY KEITH NUTHALL
PAKISTAN polyethylene terephthalate (PET) manufacturers have escaped from punishing anti-dumping duties on exports to the European Union (EU), while Brussels wants to levy tariffs on similar products from China and Australia. The European Commission has asked the EU Council of Ministers to release provisional duties collected from Pakistani manufacturers, while retaining those taken from Chinese and Australian producers.…

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