The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is initiating investigations into the alleged injurious dumping and subsidizing of certain steel grating originating in or exported from China.The Canadian International Trade Tribunal's preliminary injury determination is due by November 19, 2010. CBSA's preliminary AD and CV rates are due by December 20, 2010.
According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's latest U.S. economic survey, U.S. GDP has begun to increase again and is now projected to be 2.6% higher in 2010 than the year before. OECD Secretary General Gurria credits U.S. stimulus measures with the increase and stated that support from monetary and fiscal policy is still necessary.
In the September 21, 2010 edition of the Official Journal of the European Union, the following trade-related notices were posted:
Members of European Parliament approved a non-binding resolution on September 21, 2010 which states that all unnecessary barriers to EU-Turkey trade, such as non-recognition of certification, duplicative testing, multiple inspections, technical regulations and standards, should be removed, and Turkey should meet its remaining trade-related obligations.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada has updated its 2010/2011 list of companies that hold quotas for specialty cream.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of September 21, 2010 lists a notice from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The European Commission has posted statistics of its antidumping, anti-subsidy and safeguard activities for the first eight months of 2010. Among other things, the report states that there were 132 antidumping and 8 countervailing measures in force and 65 investigations were on-going at the end of August 2010.
China's Ministry of Commerce reports that government officials, experts and companies attending the China (Taiyuan) International Energy Industry Expo from September 16 to 18, 2010 in coal-rich Shanxi Province agreed that China would remain largely dependent upon coal for its main energy supply in the decades to come.
India's Department of Commerce reports that India's import of "sensitive items" increased 13.6% from April-June 2010 compared to the corresponding period of last year. "Sensitive items" include: cotton, silk, edible oil, automobiles, fruits and vegetables, rubber, milk and milk products, spices, marble & granite, alcoholic beverages, grains, etc.
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is advising importers that the wheat products tariff rate quota (TRQ) will be filled on October 15, 2010.