The European Commission announced on Saturday it had terminated
its partial interim review of anti-dumping measures against imports
of okoume plywood from China.
The commission said the decision was taken after the applicant
withdrew its request for review, which was intended to extend the
existing anti-dumping measures to more types of Chinese plywood
products.
It was also decided the termination of the review would not be
against the European Union (EU)'s interests.
The EU imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of
Chinese okoume plywood in 2004, ranging from 6.5 percent to 66.7
percent for different companies.
In April 2006, the European Federation of the Plywood Industry
(EFPI) lodged a request with the commission for a partial interim
review of the anti-dumping measures, aiming to bring some new
product types into the scope of the measures.
However, the EFPI withdrew its request in December last
year.
The commission said with the review terminated, the existing
anti-dumping measures would remain in force.
(Xinhua News Agency February 17, 2008)
