Tag: Plastics

  • EU Waste Curbs

    Brussels publishes the draft list of non-OECD countries that may keep importing European waste after May 2027, and delivers a pointed assessment of the Turkish plastics route that will stay open when the November ban lands BRUSSELS, 21 September 2026 | Peacock Tariff Consulting Trade Desk The European Commission has published the draft list of…

  • PET Film Probe

    India’s trade remedies authority has opened an anti-dumping investigation into thick polyester film from China, Singapore, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates, the country’s second probe into PET film imports in less than a year and a fresh signal of New Delhi’s hardening line on low priced imports. NEW DELHI, Aug. 19. India’s Directorate General…

  • EU Acid Test

    Brussels locks in five years of anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, redrawing the feedstock map for Europe’s PET bottle, packaging and polyester industries. BRUSSELS, August 16, 2026 The European Union has closed out one of the most consequential chemical trade cases of the year, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on…

  • EU PTA Duties

    The European Commission has locked in five-year anti-dumping duties on purified terephthalic acid from South Korea and Mexico, reshaping costs across Europe’s PET supply chain while handing Korea’s Taekwang Industrial a rare full exemption. BRUSSELS, Aug. 10, 2026 — The European Commission on Monday imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of purified terephthalic acid from…

  • UK PET Probe

    Britain’s Trade Remedies Authority has launched its first ever safeguard investigation, examining whether surging imports of polyethylene terephthalate are inflicting serious injury on domestic plastics production. LONDON, August 8, 2026. The United Kingdom has crossed a threshold in its post-Brexit trade policy. On 5 August 2026, the Trade Remedies Authority announced the initiation of a…

  • EU-China Blitz

    A Saturday publication of more than 1,400 tariff changes brings duties of up to 86.5 percent on Chinese steel fasteners, plus new measures on specialty plastics and plywood, as Brussels hardens its trade defences while high-stakes talks with Beijing grind on. BRUSSELS, AUG. 2 – Importers across the European Union are spending the first days…