POLAND ALUMINIUM EU IMPORT DUTIES ABOLITION CALL EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
May 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POLITICAL battle is underway at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers over whether EU import duties on unwrought aluminium should be retained or scrapped. The struggle pits Poland and eight other member states against Germany, which wants the current 6% duties retained. Polish ministers pushed for their abolition at Monday's (29-5) EU competitiveness council meeting. They released a memorandum, complaining that although some preferential imports enter the EU duty free, unwrought aluminium from Poland's key supplier Russia attracts 6% ...
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