EU duties on RI products

EU duties on RI products

BRUSSELS (AFP): The European Commission is to reintroduce
import duties on leather-topped shoes from Indonesia, and radio
and television equipment from Malaysia and China, effective on
Aug. 26, the European Union's official journal indicated
yesterday.

These products were covered by generalized preferences
accorded by the EU to developing countries within certain limits.

However imports of these goods for the period between July 1
to Dec. 31, 1994 have already gone beyond these limits, and the
Commission moved rapidly to reintroduce the duties.

The six-month ceiling on imports of leather-topped shoes from
Indonesia is set at 2.205 million Ecus (US$2.69 million) and
those for broadcasting receivers, radio telephones and radio
telegraphic equipment from Malaysia and China are set at 2.315
million Ecus.

The ceiling for television sets (including video monitors)
imported from Malaysia and China is set at 2.315 million Ecus.