AUTO PARTS

Miscellaneous Latin American AD Actions on Mainland Chinese Products

18 February 2019

Peru Begins AD Investigation on Poplin Fabric. Peruvian authorities initiated on 15 February an antidumping duty investigation on mainland Chinese plain weave polyester/cotton poplin fabric containing more than 50 percent of polyester, of a width of less than 1.80 metres and weighing between 90 g/m2 and 200 g/m2. It is not entirely clear at this time what specific tariff lines are covered by this investigation. More

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Vermont Considering Amendments to Reporting Requirements for High-Concern Chemicals

12 February 2019

The Vermont Department of Health is considering a number of amendments to the existing reporting requirements for chemicals of high concern to children under 12 years of age in an effort to better align these requirements with those in place in other U.S. states. More

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Argentina Provides Duty-free Treatment to Certain Motorcycles

30 January 2019

Argentina is providing duty-free treatment through 31 December 2023 to incomplete, wholly unassembled motorcycles and certain other vehicles classified under NCM 8711.10.00, 8711.20.10, 8711.20.20, 8711.20.90, 8711.30.00, 8711.40.00, 8711.60.00 and 8703.21.00 that comply with certain minimum domestic value-added thresholds. More

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Argentina to Require Approval Certificate for Certain Auto Parts

30 January 2019

Argentinean authorities will require the following new automotive parts and safety elements intended for the after-market segment to obtain the approval certificate for automotive parts and safety elements (certificado de homologación de autopartes y elementos de seguridad, or CHAS) in accordance with Resolution 91/2001. More

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Chinese Tyre Producers Sue EU Over Anti-dumping Duties

29 January 2019

On 15 January 2019, two Chinese industry associations lodged a court action in the EU’s first tier General Court over the European Commission’s recent decision to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on tyres for buses and lorries imported from mainland China. More

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China Looks to Boost Development of New-Energy Vehicle Sector

25 January 2019

In line with a December 2018 announcement by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), all future automotive investment projects will fall under the auspices of the relevant local authorities. More

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Vehicle Disrupter Puts Faith in Shanghai

23 January 2019

“Customers can have my car any colour they like, as long as it’s black,” car-maker Henry Ford famously instructed his sales team in 1909. More

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Legislation to Delay Section 232 Tariffs on Autos Introduced

23 January 2019

Sens. Doug Jones (Democrat-Alabama) and Lamar Alexander (Republican-Tennessee) re-introduced legislation on 15 January to delay the imposition by the Trump administration of additional tariffs under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 on U.S. imports of automobiles (including SUVs, vans and light trucks) and auto parts. More

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EU Opens New Quotas, Reduces Tariffs for Large Number of Products

04 January 2019

Council Regulation 2018/2069 is the first of the two new Regulations. It amends Regulation 1387/2013 (a so-called Framework Regulation), which suspends the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain agricultural and industrial products. Interestingly for Hong Kong traders, this new Regulation states that the EU production of 87 products that have not thus far been listed in the Annex to Regulation 1387/2013 is inadequate or non-existent. More

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New Regulation Will Restrict Phthalates in Consumer Goods EU-wide

03 January 2019

Annex XVII of the REACH Regulation, into which the core provisions of Commission Regulation 2018/2005 will be inserted, prohibits or restricts the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances, mixtures and articles. More

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