Tag: South Korea
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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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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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Korea opens an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese ethyl acetate as the country’s embattled chemical sector reaches for every trade defense tool it has left SEOUL, August 19, 2026 South Korea’s trade authorities on Monday opened a formal anti-dumping investigation into imports of ethyl acetate from China, adding another front to what has become one of…
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New Delhi opens fresh trade-remedy fronts on Chinese ophthalmic lenses and on antioxidants from China, Korea and Singapore, capping one of the busiest anti-dumping months in the DGTR’s history and raising the stakes for global supply chains. Peacock Tariff Consulting | Trade Desk NEW DELHI, August 17, 2026 India’s trade-remedy machinery sent a three-part message…
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Japan’s first anti-dumping duties on a mainstream steel product completed their first full week of collection as Korean producers filed formal rebuttals and the global steel trade absorbed the signal from one of the world’s most reluctant users of trade remedies. TOKYO, August 16, 2026. One week after Japanese customs officers began collecting the country’s…
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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…
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Tokyo enacts provisional duties of 29.2 to 55.3 percent on hot-dipped galvanized steel from South Korea and China, a rare deployment of trade remedies by the world’s third largest steel producer and the latest sign that Asia’s long tolerance of cheap steel imports is running out. TOKYO, August 13, 2026. Japanese customs officers began collecting…
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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…
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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…
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Britain orders registration of suspension PVC imports from China, Mexico and South Korea, exposing shippers to possible backdated anti-dumping duties while a legacy steel measure quietly lapses. LONDON, August 11, 2026 British importers of suspension polyvinyl chloride woke up on Monday to a new layer of customs scrutiny, after HM Revenue and Customs confirmed that…