Brazil and Mexico recently announced antidumping actions on mainland Chinese products, according to a Dec. 5 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Brazil renewed an amended version of ts antidumping duty on certain mainland Chinese loudspeakers to cover loudspeakers weighing more than 18 grams used in “motor vehicles,” the report said. The duties do not apply to “buzzer type loudspeakers” used on “automotive dashboards,” HKTDC said. The measure imposes a 78.3 percent antidumping duty for the next five years. Mexico began a sunset review of duty on Chinese steel cables, which are currently subject to a duty of “$2.58 per kilogramme,” the report said.
Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:
Argentina revoked its “non-preferential origin documentary requirements” for goods whose origin needs to be determined for statistical reasons, according to a Dec. 5 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. This includes certificates of origin requirements for certain textiles, apparel and footwear, the report said. Goods subject to antidumping, countervailing or safeguard measures and goods imported from countries that do not benefit from Most Favored Nation status remain subject to the non-preferential origin documentary requirements, HKTDC said. Argentina is rescinding the requirements “in light of the substantial advances made in the international trade arena in recent years,” the report said, which have caused the requirements to lead to “unnecessary delays and higher costs.”
Wiley Rein promoted Lori Scheetz, previously of counsel, to partner in the firm's international trade practice, it said in a news release. Scheetz works on “export compliance and national security matters, with a focus on U.S. export controls and economic sanctions,” according to her bio. Derick Holt, previously an associate, was promoted to of counsel, the firm said. Holt works on “antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, export controls, and sanctions compliance program,” according to his bio.
In the Nov. 25 - Dec. 2 editions of the Official Journal of the European Union the following trade-related notices were posted:
Recent editions of Mexico's Diario Oficial list trade-related notices as follows:
China’s Ministry of Commerce recently published a list of antidumping measures that will expire in 2020, according to a Dec. 2 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Antidumping duties on certain polyamide chips from the U.S., Italy, France and Taiwan will expire Oct. 13; duties on adipic acid from South Korea, the European Union and U.S. will expire Nov. 2; and duties on methyl methacrylate from Singapore, Thailand and Japan will expire Dec. 1. Companies may ask China to review the expiration to potentially continue the antidumping duties by submitting an application at least 60 days before they expire, the report said. Companies who ask for the duties to continue must “believe” the expiration of the duties will lead to “injury to the domestic industry.”
Argentina and Mexico made several antidumping determinations on products from China and Malaysia, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Argentina will rescind its 178 percent antidumping duties on certain “conveyor belts of vulcanised rubber reinforced only with textile materials” and introduced a 56 percent duty on certain mainland Chinese knitted gloves, the report said. Argentina also determined that certain glass plates exported to Argentina from Malaysia are evading the antidumping duty on certain ceramic, marble and glass tiles from mainland China. Mexico began a sunset review of antidumping duties on certain concrete steel nails from mainland China, the report said.
China is eliminating antidumping duties on products from India, Japan and Taiwan, China’s Ministry of Commerce said Nov. 20. China said it is eliminating antidumping duties on “methyl ethyl ketone” imported from Japan and Taiwan and “pyridine” imported from India and Japan. The changes will take effect Nov. 21.
The European Union raised a dispute in the World Trade Organization against what it said are illegal antidumping measures used by Colombia on frozen fries from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, the European Commission said Nov. 14. The commission said the antidumping duties violate WTO rules “both on substance and in terms of the procedure.” Colombia imposes duties ranging from 3 percent to 8 percent on EU imports, affecting nearly 85 percent of EU exports of frozen fries to Colombia, the commission said. The commission has “not received a satisfactory response” from Colombia “despite numerous interventions … to lift the unjustified measures,” Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said in a statement. The EU hopes to resolve the dispute “as soon as possible,” she said.