The European Commission on Aug. 6 imposed antidumping duties on decor paper from China. The duties range from 26.4% to 26.9% and are being imposed after an investigation showed decor paper from China injures the EU industry. Decor paper is "used as a coating in the production of furniture and more broadly in the interior design, construction and renovation industries," the commission said.
The U.K. on July 31 published new antidumping and countervailing duty rates for Chinese bus and truck tire exporters, with Chongqing Hankook Tire and Jiangsu Hankook Tire, known as the Hankook Group, having rates apply from Jan. 1, 2021, to Oct. 22, 2028. The Hankook Group will be assessed 6.55% AD rates and zero percent CVD rates for this period. The rates for all other Chinese exporters will be 45.71% AD and 64.41% CVD.
California-based electronic design automation firm Cadence will pay more than $140 million in combined civil fines, criminal penalties and forfeitures after the U.S. said it violated export controls against China. The company pleaded guilty to illegally exporting EDA hardware, software and semiconductor design intellectual property technology to Chinese entities, including a university and company on the Entity List.
The European Commission on July 28 imposed antidumping duties on epoxy resins from China, Taiwan and Thailand following an investigation finding epoxy resin imports from these nations harms the EU industry. The investigation originally also included epoxy resins from South Korea, but these goods were removed from the investigation due to a lack of evidence of dumping from South Korea. The AD rates range from 17.3% to 33% for China, and from 10.8% to 11% for Taiwan, and are at 29.9% for Thailand.
Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance jointly decided to start an antidumping duty investigation on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip from China and Taiwan, they announced. The investigation, which will take a year, was opened following a petition from Japanese producers Nippon Steel, Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., NAS Stainless Steel Strip Manufacturing Co. and Nippon Kinzoku. The ministries noted that the investigation also covers the customs territories of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu but excludes the regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
The World Trade Organization's published its agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body's July 25 meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. status reports on the implementation of DSB recommendations on: antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. Status reports also are expected from Indonesia on measures related to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products and on certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels.
The European Commission on July 14 imposed definitive antidumping duties on multilayered wood flooring from China, ranging from 21.3% to 36.1%. Specifically, the duties cover wood flooring that's made of several layers of wood veneer glued or bonded together. They were imposed following an investigation finding that dumped Chinese flooring imports were harming the EU industry.
The European Commission on July 11 imposed definitive antidumping duties on lysine from China. The duties range from 47.7% to 58.2% and were imposed following an investigation that showed that dumped imports of Chinese lysine are harming the EU industry. Lysine is an "essential amino acid for human and animal health," the commission said, noting that synthetic lysine is used in animal feed, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements.
China is imposing antidumping duties ranging from 27.7% to 34.9% for five years on brandy imported from the EU, China's Ministry of Commerce said, according to an unofficial translation. The duties won't apply to a list of 34 EU brandy products whose companies agreed to certain "price commitments" for their sales to China, a ministry spokesperson said. The new rates took effect July 5.
Japan imposed definitive antidumping duties on graphite electrodes from China on June 27, the Ministry of Finance announced. The duties will be imposed at a 95.2% rate following a finding that Chinese graphite electrodes injure the Japanese industry. They will be in effect for a five-year period starting July 3.