European shoe importers consider Austria’s approach in the EU conflict on anti-dumping customs duties on shoe imports from China and Vietnam counterproductive and dangerous.
Yesterday, Austria unexpectedly suggested a one-year extension of the provisional customs duties introduced in April 2006 to re-examine them afterwards. “This suggestion is completely incomprehensible, basically does not change anything and would […]
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Tens of thousands of jobs and the interests of European customers fall victim to protectionist tendencies
Brussels – With an extremely close vote the Council of Ministers of the EU Member States today adopted the proposal of the European Commission to impose anti-dumping customs duties on footwear imports from China and Vietnam. “We will not accept […]
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How the EU and its consumers could be made to pay for Member States’ wheeling and dealing behind the scenes
Brussels – The political circus surrounding anti-dumping duties against footwear imports from China and Vietnam has reached completely unacceptable levels. Paul Verrips, President of the Footwear Association of Importers and Retail chains (FAIR), finds the massive […]
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The EU footwear industry has undergone dramatic changes over recent decades. Regrettably, the European Commission’s current proposal for anti-dumping measures on leather footwear ignores that evolution, and consequently endangers much of the EU industry.
The current investigation essentiallyattacks companies who focus on higher value-added activities.The allegation of dumping neglects the importance, both in terms of EU […]
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F.A.I.R. is pleased with the clear rejection of anti-dumping duties on leather shoes originating in China and Vietnam, by the EU Member States. F.A.I.R. notes that this rejection simply replicates the message Member States already gave to the European Commission at the provisional stage of these proceedings. At that moment (in March 2006) however, […]
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