Especially the additional limitation of the measures to one year, intended to form a compromise, evoked vehement disapproval throughout the association of European shoe importers.
FAIR president Paul Verrips explains: “This limitation is as absurd and dangerous for the shoe industry as the proposal that has already been rejected. Moreover, it only lengthens uncertainty."
"For the shoe industry predictability is crucial. If the definite decision is delayed for another year, we do not know which additional costs we will have to face. From a business point of view this is an absolute unacceptable situation, the industry is facing since the beginning of the investigation.”
Within a very short period of time this has already been the third proposal for the implementation of long-term anti-dumping measures. For Verrips, this is an indication that the EU Commission desperately wants to implement anti-dumping measures, despite the interest of the European shoe industry and consumers.
Footwear Association of Importers and Retailchains
marketing@alchempro.com
