Indonesia to lodge complaint against EU

Indonesia to lodge complaint against EU

MELBOURNE (Antara): The secretary general of the association
of Indonesian textile manufacturers (API) has said that Indonesia
will lodge a complaint against the European Union which has
imposed additional anti-dumping taxes on Indonesian unbleached
cotton cloth.

Benny Soetrisno told Antara in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,
on Tuesday that these additional taxes range from 3.5 to 14.5 per
cent, adding that the API was given only 10 days (between March
13 through 23) to submit new arguments against the European
Union's decision.

A number of Indonesian companies had last November been
subjected to the European Union's temporary anti-dumping
regulation, while three others were made examples through surveys
conducted by European Union public accountants.

The temporary anti-dumping regulation did not satisfy
Indonesia, but was given only six months after the coming into
effect of the temporary regulation to submit new arguments and
after the expiry of the six months period the temporary
regulation would become definite.

The API secretary general also questioned how far the
Indonesian Antidumping Committee Team had implemented its task in
anticipating the antidumping regulations abroad.

He therefore proposed the establishment of a committee which
would specially deal with antidumping practices abroad so that
businessmen could be protected against the various forms of
antidumping obstacles.

Apart from Indonesia, the European Union has also imposed
antidumping customs tariffs on the People's Republic of China,
Egypt, India, Pakistan and Turkey.