The EU will repeal "anti-dumping" duties of up to 20 percent against Taiwanese thermoplastic-rubber exporters including Chi Mei Corp (奇美實業), exposing European producers such as Total SA to more competition.
The EU will also reject a demand by European makers of the chemical product -- used for road asphalt, roofing, shoes and adhesives -- for similar tariffs against South Korean and Russian exporters including Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co and OAO Gaz-prom unit Sibur.
Fairly priced styrene-butadiene-styrene thermoplastic rubber from the three nations and a 7 percent fall in European demand for the product rather than dumping caused European industry's share of its home market to drop to 82 percent in the 12 months to March 31 last year, from 89 percent in 2000, the EU said.
European producers "faced more intense competition, at fair prices, from imports," the EU said in the ruling due to take effect after publication in the Official Journal in the coming days. "It was also found that the decrease in consumption in the EU contributed to the injury."
The anti-dumping duties against Taiwan include a 9.1 percent levy against Chi Mei, a 5.3 percent tariff against Lee Chang Yung Chemical Industry Corp (李長榮化學工業) and a 20 percent duty against other Taiwanese exporters of the product. The EU imposed the tariffs for five years on Sept. 23, 2000.
Mercuries Life Insurance Co (三商美邦人壽) shares surged to a seven-month high this week after local media reported that E.Sun Financial Holding Co (玉山金控) had outbid CTBC Financial Holding Co (中信金控) in the financially strained insurer’s ongoing sale process. Shares of the mid-sized life insurer climbed 5.8 percent this week to NT$6.72, extending a nearly 18 percent rally over the past month, as investors bet on the likelihood of an impending takeover. The final round of bidding closed on Thursday, marking a critical step in the 32-year-old insurer’s search for a buyer after years of struggling to meet capital adequacy requirements. Local media reports
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