PLASTIC BAGS
January 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the permanent abolition of anti-dumping duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of sacks and bags made of polyethylene or polypropylene from China, India, Indonesia and Thailand.Its move follows a U-turn by the European Association for Textile Polyolefins (EATP), which had in 2002 requested a review into the impending expiry of the duties on behalf of its members (who comprise 32.03 per cent of total EU production). It initially claimed that the dumping sparking the duties would recur if they were ...
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