Anti-dumping duties on RI

Anti-dumping duties on RI

BRUSSELS (AP): The EU executive Commission on Wednesday slapped provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of unbleached cotton from China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Turkey.

The average level of the anti-dumping duties will be 15 percent, the Commission said in a statement.

The Commission began an anti-dumping investigation in 1996 on gray cotton fabric imports from these six countries. It reopened the case last July.

Both investigations were carried out based on complaints by Eurocoton, which represents European cotton and textile industries. Eurocoton alleged the six countries sold their cotton in Europe at unfairly low prices.

Manufacturers from the 15-nation EU will benefit from the anti-dumping measures, the Commission said in its statement.

The Commission agreed the following duties for each of the six countries: China (15.7 percent); Egypt (20.6 percent); India (16.9 percent); Indonesia (31.7 percent); Pakistan (32.5 percent), and Turkey (14.2 percent).