EuCIA and anti-dumping for fibres

On February 22, EuCIA (European Composites Industry Association) and EuPC (European Plastics Converters) met with representatives of the European Commission in charge of the ongoing anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products from China. During the meeting, the composites industry expressed its concerns regarding potential import duties on the community users of the product concerned. Provisional measures are doomed to distort a free competitive business environment and damage the workforce.
Composites companies across Europe provided the European Commission with concrete facts based on their business. The active role of users and their cooperation in this investigation underlines the potential treats of damaging effects anti-dumping measures could have on European companies and consumers. Some of the negative effects of potential import duties highlighted by the user companies include distortion of global business market competition, rise in unemployment within the composites sector and linked industries, availability of high performance products in Europe and relocation of production plants outside Europe.
In order to support the ongoing investigation by providing the European officials with a full and accurate picture of the existing practices within the composites industry and estimate the potential effects of anti-dumping effects, EuCIA addressed an open letter to the European Commission. Regarding the ongoing investigation and dependant on the outcome, provisional measures at Community level could be in place as from the September 16, 2010.