RUSSIA LAUNCHES WTO FIGHTS AGAINST ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON AMMONIUM NITRATE EXPORTS
May 26th, 2015
RUSSIA has launched a double-pronged diplomatic assault on European Union (EU) and Ukraine anti-dumping duties that restrict its exports of key mine explosives and fertilizer chemical ammonium nitrate. As for Ukraine, Moscow has formally launched disputes settlement proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), requesting formal consultations with Kiev over the issue. Russia claims that Ukraine broke the WTO anti-dumping agreement when it imposed the duties on Russian ammonium nitrate exports in July 2014. Kiev raised these tariffs from 11.91% to 36.03% that ...
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