Tag: Import Duties
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Seoul opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate, adding a new front in Northeast Asia’s intensifying chemical trade war as Chinese overcapacity washes across the region SEOUL, Aug. 20, 2026 South Korea has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, the Korea Trade Commission announced in the government gazette on…
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Saudi Arabia opens an anti-dumping investigation into duplex paperboard from India and China, the kingdom’s latest and most assertive use of trade remedies to shelter its Vision 2030 industrial base RIYADH, Aug. 20, 2026 Saudi Arabia has opened an anti-dumping investigation into imports of duplex paperboard from India and China, the kingdom’s General Authority of…
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Pretoria opens a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on European frozen bone-in chicken days before they lapse, with a claimed German dumping margin of 425.64 percent and the whole Southern African Customs Union market at stake JOHANNESBURG, 20 August 2026 South Africa’s trade regulator has launched a sunset review of anti-dumping duties on frozen bone-in…
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New Delhi opens a countervailing duty investigation into Chinese PVC suspension resin and advances a parallel anti-dumping case on thick polyester film, deepening a trade defence programme that now touches nearly half of India’s polymer imports NEW DELHI, 20 August 2026 India’s trade remedy authority moved on two fronts on Wednesday against imports that its…
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Seoul’s trade commission moves against Chinese and Taiwanese caustic soda with duties of up to 38.89 percent, and opens a fresh probe into Chinese printing plates, as South Korea’s chemical sector turns to trade defence SEOUL, 20 August 2026 South Korea’s trade watchdog said on Thursday it will recommend that the finance ministry impose anti-dumping…
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Britain slaps provisional anti-dumping duties of up to 71.74 percent on Chinese boom lifts, opening a new front in the widening global scramble to wall off Chinese industrial exports LONDON, 20 August 2026 Britain moved on Thursday to shield a single Milton Keynes manufacturer from a flood of low-priced Chinese aerial work platforms, imposing provisional…
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Australia withdraws dormant tariff concessions on eight product lines, lifting duties from zero to 5 percent and reminding importers that unused concessions have a shelf life SYDNEY, August 19, 2026 The Australian government on Tuesday published a gazette notice withdrawing import tariff concessions on eight categories of goods, lifting the applicable customs duty from zero…
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Brasilia’s tariff on imported polyurethanes jumps from 14 to 20 percent as a new GECEX resolution takes effect, squeezing suppliers from Europe, Asia and beyond SAO PAULO, August 19, 2026 A significant increase in Brazil’s import tariff on certain polyurethanes entered into force on Monday, August 17, raising the duty from 14 percent to 20…
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The Eurasian Economic Commission has wiped out import duties on manganese ores and concentrates through August 2028, a move designed to keep the bloc’s struggling ferroalloy furnaces fed as Kazakh mine output falls short of demand. MOSCOW, August 18, 2026 The Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has decided to temporarily eliminate import customs…
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POSCO formally contests Japan’s first major anti-dumping duties on Korean steel, opening a high-stakes trade confrontation between two US allies as a far larger probe into hot-rolled and cold-rolled products looms in the background. SEOUL, Aug. 11, 2026 — South Korea’s flagship steelmaker POSCO has formally challenged the provisional anti-dumping duties Japan imposed last week…