EU imposes tariffs on Chinese makers of glass fibre fabric in China and Egypt

EU imposed tariffs on Chinese makers of glass fibre fabric in China and Egypt

Combined with related anti-dumping duties, the EU will apply tariffs of 30.0% to 99.7%, the higher rates applying to China-based companies and the lower rates to the operations in Egypt.

The European Union imposed tariffs on Chinese producers of glass fibre fabric in China and Egypt after finding they had benefited from unfair subsidies that allowed them to sell at excessively low prices in Europe.

The European Commission, which oversees trade policy in the 27 EU countries, said in a report mentioned by Reuters news agency that the companies had received preferential lending, artificially cheap land and electricity and various grants and tax breaks.

These companies include two Egyptian subsidiaries of state-owned China National Building Materials Group Corp (CNBM), marking the EU’s first look into whether Chinese aid is unfairly helping Chinese companies based abroad, noted Reuters. According to the news agency, the EU normally only considers subsidies from the host government.

Combined with related anti-dumping duties, the EU will apply tariffs of 30.0% to 99.7%, the higher rates applying to China-based companies and the lower rates to the operations in Egypt, the EU official journal said. The tariffs are backdated to Jan. 22. The commission found the market share of the producers in China and Egypt rose to 31% in 2018 from 23% in 2015, while their average sales price fell by 14%.

 

More information: ec.europa.eu

Source: Jec Composites

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