WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989
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HK UNFAIRLY TARGETTED AT EC ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION HAS ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY (MARCH 21)
DENIM CLOTH ORIGINATED INITIATION OF ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING ON HONG KONG, MACAU, TURKEY AND INDONESIA.
THE
IN
THE TRADE DEPARTMENT HAD DIRECTOR OF TRADE MR FRED LEUNG,
THIS
THE CONFIRMED
INTELLIGENCE RECEIVED EARLY IN THE MONTH, THE ACTING ASSISTANT RESPONSIBLE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HAD MR LEUNG REGRETTED THAT THE COMMISSION ANTI-DUMPING PROCEEDING ON HONG KONG.
HE SAID.
INITIATED ANOTHER
"THIS IS THE EIGHTH CASE INVOLVING HONG KONG WITHIN 15 MONTHS,
ᎰᎱ
COMMISSION EUROPEAN ECONOMY, THAT HONG KONG
THE "IT IS BEYOND OUR COMPREHENSION THAT
OPEN GIVEN OUR TOTALLY SHOULD IMAGINE, INDUSTRY CAN BE DUMPING IN THIS SCALE," MR LEUNG ADDED.
DEPARTMENT'S INITIAL REACTION INVESTIGATE WHAT RATHER THAN WHETHER ANYTHING WAS
TRADE MR LEUNG NOTED THAT THE WAS THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION MIGHT DO BETTER TO WAS WRONG WITH EUROPEAN INDUSTRY WRONG WITH HONG KONG INDUSTRY.
"THIS IS BECAUSE, QUITE APART FROM
WOULD HAVE IN
MANUFACTURERS
ANY DIFFICULTY HONG KONG THE DUMPING,
EUROPEAN DENIM CLOTH ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVE
OF INDUSTRY ENJOYS A NUMBER PROTECTION IN ITS DOMESTIC MARKET, HE SAID.
OF
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AND
LEVELS
AND, IN ALREADY SUBJECT QUOTAS UNDER THE HONG
THESE INCLUDED LOWER TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS ADDITION, IMPORTS OF DENIM CLOTH FROM HONG KONG WERE TO HIGH TARIFFS (10 PER CENT) AND LIMITED BY KONG/EEC BILATERAL TEXTILE AGREEMENT, MR LEUNG EXPLAINED.
"IT IS UNREASONABLE THAT
EUROPEAN INDUSTRY SHOULD WANT
THE IMPOSITION OF ANTI-DUMPING
YET
ANOTHER LEVEL OF PROTECTION THROUGH DUTIES, HE SAID.
"
MR LEUNG IS ARRANGING A MEETING WITH THE AFFECTED COMPANIES
ABOUT ADVISE THEM
THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN ANTI-DUMPING
TO
INVESTIGATION.
"WE WILL ENCOURAGE THEM TO COMPLETE THE EC'S QUESTIONNAIRE CAREFULLY AND PROPERLY.
DEFEND THEMSELVES VIGOROUSLY
AND
"AT THE SAME TIME,
THE DEPARTMENT
STUDY WILL
THE SPECIFIC
COMPLAINT CAREFULLY WHEN THE DETAILS ARE OBTAINED, AND TO REJECT ANY
HONG ENSURE THAT
KONG'S RIGHTS UNFAIR ALLEGATIONS AND
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE WILL NOT
UNDER
[
THE BE COMPROMISED, HE
CONCLUDED.
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