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皇冠体育app opposes EU proposal extending anti-dumping duties on shoes
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-04 16:00
The Chinese government and business groups are strongly dissatisfied with a European Commission(EU) proposal to extend dumping duties on leather shoes from 皇冠体育app by another 15 months, a spokesman of 皇冠体育app's Ministry of Commerce said Friday.
The EU's executive commission had proposed the extension of duties up to 16.5 percent on leather shoe imports from 皇冠体育app on Wednesday, said Yao Jian, the ministry spokesman.
He said the EU had been taking protectionist measures for its shoe manufacturing industry for 14 years, but the sector has seen no harm caused by imports from other markets.
He said the commission's proposal, if approved, would damage the interests of Chinese shoe manufacturers.
皇冠体育app hoped the EU member nations would vote against the extension, he said.
From 1995 to 2005, the EU had implemented quota limits on some shoe imports from 皇冠体育app. In 2005, the EU launched an anti-dumping investigation into 皇冠体育app's leather shoes. In 2006, the EU decided to impose a two-year anti-dumping duty of 16.5 percent on Chinese leather shoes.
