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FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1989
EC TO INITIATE ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING ON DENIM CLOTH
INFORMATION
THAT THE PROCEEDING ON
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED EUROPEAN COMMISSION WILL SOON INITIATE AN ANTI-DUMPING DENIM CLOTH ORIGINATED IN HONG KONG, MACAU, TURKEY AND INDONESIA.
THE ACTION IS IN RESPONSE TO A COMPLAINT LODGED
ALLIED
TEXTILE
BY EUROCOTON,
OF THE INDUSTRIES
THE COMMITTEE OF THE COTTON EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY.
AND
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT IN THE
KONG COMPANIES ARE
NAMED.
THE
THESE COMPANIES.
IN ANTICIPATION
OF THE
SIX OF
HONG DETAILS OF
A TOTAL COMPLAINT
CHECKING IS DEPARTMENT
DEVELOPMENT,
THE TRADE
DEPARTMENT
DENIM CLOTH
ARRANGED FOR ITS LEGAL CONSULTANT TO GIVE A BRIEFING FOR PRODUCERS ON FEBRUARY 24.
NEXT FEW DAYS A MEETING THE DEPARTMENT WILL ARRANGE IN THE WITH THE COMPANIES KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PRESENT PROCEEDING,
USUALLY
CANNOT
PRODUCE "GIVEN THAT THE EC'S COMPLAINTS EXHAUSTIVE LIST, COMPANIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN PRODUCING DENIM
то INVITED EXPORT то THE
ARE EEC DEPARTMENT," THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF LEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
FOR
AN CLOTH CONTACT THE TRADE TRADE (EEC), MR FRED
DENIM CLOTH IS
TEXTILE AGREEMENT, KONG/EEC UNDER THE HONG CLASSIFIED UNDER CATEGORY 2A (WOVEN COTTON FABRICS, FINISHED).
AMOUNTS TO 11,514 THE RESTRAINT LIMIT OF CATEGORY 2A IN 1989
OF
PER CENT. IN
THE 0.2
1988, TONNES WITH AN ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS OF DENIM CLOTH REPRESENTED ABOUT 67 PER CENT EXPORTS OF CATEGORY 2A PRODUCTS.
KONG ACCORDING TO HONG
TRADE STATISTICS,
OF EXPORTS TO $148 AMOUNTED
DENIM MILLION,
CLOTH TO THE EEC IN 1986, 1987 AND 1988, $187 MILLION AND $186 MILLION RESPECTIVELY.
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