ZINC OXIDE DUTIES
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have widened an anti-dumping duty imposed on Chinese exports of zinc oxide, following claims from Eurometaux that cargoes have been illegally re-routed via Vietnam to avoid the tariff.The EU producer association had alleged that following the imposition of the original duties last year - ranging from 6.9 to 28 per cent on zinc oxide with a purity of not less than 93 per cent - there was "a significant increase in imports from Vietnam, while imports from China decreased substantially during the same time span." It also ...
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