EU continues to impose aluminium wheel duties, China believes unfairly blamed

<p>The European Commission has decided to continue to impose a 22.3 per cent anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium wheels from the Peoples&rsquo; Republic of China. The anti-dumping duty is on original equipment and aftermarket wheels.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/wheelsBefore_top.JPG" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />The Association of European Wheel Manufacturers (EUWA), an organisation representing companies whose production accounts for more than 25 per cent of the European Union&rsquo;s total for certain aluminium wheel types, has requested the European Commission to start an investigation. The European Commission initiated a review but later Commission found &ldquo;no compelling reasons&rdquo; not to maintain the existing duties.</p> <p>According to Wang Hejun, director of the ministry&rsquo;s Trade Remedy and Investigation Bureau stated that Chinese companies were being unfairly blamed for the European manufacturers&rsquo; inability to compete.<br /><br />{googleAdsense}<br /><br />He further commented that these measures would not only hurt Chinese companies but the duties&rsquo; extension would affect the European automotive industry and consumers as well.</p> <p>Since 2010, European Union (EU) imposes anti-dumping duties of 22.3 per cent under Regulation (EU) No 964/2010 and this will further continue for another five years.</p>