Trade Spat Heating up in 2010

Anti-dumping investigations and measures Last year 40 initiations of new anti-dumping investigations relating to the textile and apparel sector were made on China’s exports.The number of initiations remained unchanged compared with the numbers reported for 2009.The Members reporting the highest number of new initiations during Jan.- Dec. 2010 were the United States,reporting 11 new initiations,followed by India, reporting 7 new initiations,the European Union and Turkey(5 each).Concerning reporting the highest number of new initiations on China’s exports in recent years,India came at the top of the list.The data reported above are taken from the report of the PRC Ministry of Commerce.