Chinese shoe-making industry opposes trade quotas
By Jiang Wei (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-05 08:54
The Chinese shoe-making industry strongly opposes any quota system for
imports of Chinese leather shoes.
So said Wei Yafei, a spokesperson with
the China Leather Association, over the European Union's (EU) potential proposal
to re-introduce quotas for imported Chinese shoes.
A worker prepares shoes before delivery to a market, at a factory
in Xiangfan, Central China's Hubei province, the Chinese shoe-making
industry strongly opposes any quota system for imports of Chinese leather
shoes. [Reuters] |
An unnamed European Uninon diplomat has been quoted by Reuters as saying the
European Commission proposed a quota-based system for leather shoes from China
and Viet Nam to solve dumping disputes with the two countries.
"If such a
plan is implemented, that would mean stepping backward to the era before 2005
when quotas on shoes were not removed," Wei said.
Under the European
Commission's plan, importers could buy 140 million pairs of leather shoes each
year from China and 95 million from Viet Nam at normal duty rates.
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