Tag: Import Duties


  • EAEU Coil Probe

    The Eurasian Economic Union opens a safeguard investigation into imports of polymer-coated flat-rolled steel, threatening new tariffs on suppliers from China to Turkiye as the bloc’s steelmakers press for protection on a third front this year MOSCOW, September 8, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Commission has initiated a safeguard investigation into imports of flat-rolled steel with…

  • Hollow Victory

    Mexico locks in definitive anti-dumping duties of 1.93 dollars per kilogram on Chinese hollow aluminium profiles and 1.72 dollars on US product, capping an eighteen month investigation that lands squarely in the middle of the country’s broader confrontation with Chinese metals overcapacity. MEXICO CITY, September 7, 2026. Mexico has closed one of the most closely…

  • EU Rice Duty Up

    Brussels raises the import tariff on husked rice by more than 40 percent under an automatic volume trigger, squeezing exporters from South Asia and South America and testing the margins of European rice millers BRUSSELS, September 8, 2026 The European Union has raised its import duty on husked rice from 30.00 euros to 42.50 euros…

  • Glass War Opens

    Brazil launches an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese tempered glass for stoves, ovens, washers and dishwashers, the latest in a string of 2026 trade-defence actions that test Brasilia’s balancing act between its biggest trading partner and its own factories. BRASILIA, September 5, 2026 Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretariat has opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of…

  • Duties Locked

    Mexico finalizes anti-dumping duties of up to 30.87 US cents per kilogram on hot-rolled steel from China and Vietnam, stacking company-specific levies on a 35 percent tariff wall. MEXICO CITY, September 7, 2026 Mexico has closed the book on one of the most consequential trade remedy cases in its recent history. On September 3, the…

  • Chip Gas Duty

    China imposes provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a specialty gas critical to semiconductor manufacturing, deepening trade friction between Asia’s two largest economies BEIJING, September 8, 2026 China began collecting steep security deposits on imports of Japanese dichlorosilane on Monday, one day after the Ministry of Commerce announced a preliminary…

  • Silane Squeeze

    China slaps preliminary anti-dumping deposits of 80.8 to 99.2 percent on Japanese dichlorosilane, a workhorse chipmaking gas, deepening a trade rift with Tokyo that now runs straight through the semiconductor supply chain. BEIJING, September 7, 2026 China’s Ministry of Commerce on Monday issued a preliminary anti-dumping ruling against dichlorosilane imported from Japan, finding that Japanese…

  • Japan AD Blitz

    Once among the world’s most reluctant users of trade remedies, Japan has stacked two provisional anti-dumping orders on imported steel in five weeks, launched a third sweeping probe, and armed itself with new anti-circumvention powers. A fresh legal analysis published this week frames the campaign as a structural break in Japanese trade policy. TOKYO, September…

  • Plate vs. Japan

    Mexico opens an anti-dumping investigation into Japanese sheet steel plate, a rare trade-remedy strike at a CPTPP partner, capping a week of aggressive steel defense actions. MEXICO CITY, September 7, 2026 Mexico’s Ministry of Economy has opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of sheet steel plate originating in Japan, an unusual move against one…

  • Mexico Steel AD

    Mexico’s Ministry of Economy has opened an anti-dumping investigation into Japanese hot-rolled carbon steel plate after petitioner Grupo Acerero documented a 35-fold surge in imports, adding Tokyo to a growing list of targets in Mexico’s rapidly hardening steel trade defence campaign. MEXICO CITY, September 4, 2026 Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, the Secretaría de Economía, has…