#Anti dumping consultancy services

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Understanding the Importance of Anti-Dumping Consultancy Services

In today's globalized economy, businesses increasingly engage in international trade to expand their markets and optimize supply chains. However, with the benefits of global trade come challenges, including the issue of dumping—when companies export goods at prices lower than their normal value, often to gain unfair market share in the importing country. This practice can harm domestic industries and disrupt markets, leading to the need for anti-dumping measures.

Anti-dumping consultancy services play a crucial role in helping businesses navigate these complex waters. These services are designed to assist companies in understanding and complying with anti-dumping regulations, ensuring fair trade practices and protecting local industries from unfair competition. In this blog, we will explore the significance of anti-dumping consultancy services, their benefits, and how they can help your business thrive in a competitive global market.

What is Dumping?

Dumping occurs when a company exports a product to another country at a price lower than its normal value, typically defined as the price of the product in the domestic market of the exporting country. This practice is often used as a strategy to gain market share in a foreign market by undercutting local prices. While this may seem beneficial to consumers in the short term, it can have detrimental effects on the domestic industry in the importing country. If left unchecked, dumping can lead to the collapse of local businesses, job losses, and overall economic instability.

To counteract dumping, countries implement anti-dumping measures, including duties and tariffs, to protect their domestic industries. However, navigating these regulations can be challenging for businesses, especially those involved in international trade. This is where anti-dumping consultancy services come into play.

The Role of Anti-Dumping Consultancy Services

Anti-dumping consultancy services provide expert guidance and support to businesses facing the complexities of anti-dumping regulations. These services are typically offered by professionals with extensive knowledge of international trade laws, economics, and the specific regulations related to anti-dumping.

Here are some key roles of anti-dumping consultancy services:

Regulatory Compliance: Anti-dumping consultants help businesses understand and comply with the anti-dumping regulations in various countries. This includes analyzing the applicable laws, tariffs, and duties, as well as preparing the necessary documentation for compliance.

Market Analysis: Consultants conduct in-depth market analysis to identify potential dumping issues. They assess pricing strategies, market conditions, and competition to determine whether a company's products are at risk of being targeted by anti-dumping measures.

Legal Representation: In cases where a company is accused of dumping, consultants can provide legal representation and support during investigations and proceedings. They work to protect the interests of the business and ensure a fair resolution.

Strategy Development: Anti-dumping consultants assist businesses in developing strategies to mitigate the impact of anti-dumping measures. This may include adjusting pricing strategies, exploring alternative markets, or negotiating with trade authorities.

Risk Management: By providing ongoing monitoring and assessment of international trade practices, anti-dumping consultants help businesses manage the risks associated with dumping and ensure long-term stability.

Benefits of Anti-Dumping Consultancy Services

Engaging anti-dumping consultancy services offers several benefits to businesses involved in international trade:

Expertise and Knowledge: Anti-dumping consultants bring specialized knowledge of international trade laws and regulations, ensuring that your business remains compliant and avoids costly penalties.

Cost Savings: By identifying potential dumping risks and developing strategies to mitigate them, consultants can help businesses avoid costly anti-dumping duties and tariffs.

Competitive Advantage: With the guidance of anti-dumping consultants, businesses can navigate complex trade regulations more effectively, giving them a competitive edge in the global market.

Peace of Mind: Knowing that your business is protected from the risks of dumping allows you to focus on growth and expansion, rather than worrying about regulatory compliance.

In the ever-evolving landscape of international trade, anti-dumping consultancy services are invaluable for businesses looking to protect their interests and ensure fair competition. Whether you are facing a potential anti-dumping investigation or simply want to stay ahead of the curve, partnering with a trusted anti-dumping consultant can provide the expertise and support you need to thrive in the global market.

By leveraging the expertise of anti-dumping consultants, businesses can not only safeguard their operations but also seize new opportunities in the world of international trade. If you are involved in exporting or importing goods, consider the benefits of anti-dumping consultancy services to protect your business and ensure long-term success.

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Anti Dumping Investigations in Turkey

This article explores the scope and implications of anti dumping investigations in Turkey, emphasizing the importance of consulting services for importers. It aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the legal framework and procedures involved in such investigations.

What is Dumping?

Dumping occurs when the export price of a product is lower than its market price in the exporting country. In foreign trade, dumping refers to the sale or import of a product at less than its fair value, as defined by the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Types of Dumping

There are four primary types of dumping:

Sporadic Dumping

Predatory Dumping

Reverse Dumping

Persistent Dumping

What is Anti-Dumping?

Anti-dumping measures are actions taken by domestic authorities to prevent the import of goods at unfairly low prices. These measures protect domestic producers from unfair competition and import-related risks.

Primary Legislation for Anti-Dumping Investigations in Turkey

The Law on the Prevention of Unfair Competition of Imports (Law No. 3577) is the cornerstone of anti-dumping practices in Turkey. This law defines dumping and sets the rules for addressing unfair competition in imports. Turkey is also a party to international agreements such as the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement.

Initiating Anti-Dumping Investigations in Turkey

Investigations can be initiated by the General Directorate of Imports under the Ministry of Trade, either upon a complaint or ex officio. A complaint can be lodged by local manufacturers or legal entities representing domestic production branches.

Investigation Procedure

Upon detecting sufficient evidence of dumping, an investigation is initiated and announced in the Official Gazette. Importers and exporters involved are required to respond to inquiry questionnaires. The investigation must be concluded within one year, except in special circumstances, with the final decision also announced in the Official Gazette.

Conditions for Taking Anti-Dumping Measures 

Three conditions must be met to impose anti-dumping measures:

Evidence of dumping

Material damage or threat to domestic production

Causal link between the damage/threat and the dumped imports

Main Anti-Dumping Duties in Turkey

 The three main anti-dumping measures include:

Price undertakings (Article 11)

Preliminary measures (Article 12)

Definitive measures (Article 13)

Importance of Anti-Dumping Consulting Services

Anti-dumping consulting services are crucial for navigating the complexities of investigation procedures, ensuring accurate responses to inquiry questionnaires, and adhering to strict timelines. Consulting services help avoid litigation costs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.

Conclusion

Anti dumping investigations in Turkey involve complex administrative stages requiring a thorough understanding of national and international laws. Comprehensive consulting services are essential for meeting legal requirements and efficiently managing investigation procedures.

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AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE OPENS OFFICE AT TOKYO

The strong relationship between Australian Border Force (ABF) and its coast guard and customs partners in Japan was further enhanced this week with the opening of a new ABF office in Tokyo by ABF Commissioner Michael Outram APM.

The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF Counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey, reflecting the rapidly growing relationships between ABF, Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and Japan Customs and Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Japan Customs).

Commissioner Outram said the new ABF office will seek to advance cooperation with the JCG and Japan Customs and serve as the regional hub for engagement with partners, including the Border Five and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD).

“Japan is an important partner of Australia, and we share a mutual interest in a free, prosperous and resilient Indo Pacific,” Commissioner Outram said.

“The opening of a new office within the Australian Embassy in Tokyo reflects the rapidly growing relationship between our two nations as strategic partners on border security, customs matters and civil maritime security.”

During his visit, Commissioner Outram signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Maritime Domain Awareness with JCG Commandant ISHII Shohei, which is based on shared values and operational priorities.

“This will open up important opportunities for increased information exchange and cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard,” Commissioner Outram said.

“Equally, the JCG have a proud history of international leadership in coast guarding, including as the Secretariat for the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Meeting and Coast Guard Global Summit, and we welcome the opportunity for collaboration in this respect.”

Additionally, a Memorandum of Cooperation on Customs Detector Dog Arrangements was updated with Director General of Customs and Tariff Bureau, SUWAZONO Kenji. Since its creation in 2013, dozens of dogs from ABF’s Detector Dog breeding program have provided an outstanding capability for Japan Customs.

The update will enable the ABF to continue the current arrangements to supply candidate detector dogs.

“Japan Customs have shown for generations their willingness to support the global customs community, be that through the World Customs Organisation, mini-laterally or bilaterally. We are excited for the opportunities the opening of the ABF office presents to extend our partnership and the detector dogs program is one example of this,” Commissioner Outram said.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

Landed Costing Tariff Advices and Concessions

Duty Drawbacks & Refunds

Tariff Consultancy & Audits Tariff Concession Order System Customs Tariff Classification

Free Trade Agreements

TRADEX Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties

Import Restrictions and Prohibitions

Temporary Imports

Carnets

Finally, your success is our success. We keep on updating all the Government policies related to Import & Export, which allow us to provide you excellent strategy for your export & import needs. Visit our website https://365freight.com.au/ for more details You can find our Sydney Office at : https://g.page/r/CY4zO_LUa8LgEAE Melbourne Office at : https://g.page/r/CXwYLKzkRCJVEAE Brisbane Office at : https://g.page/r/CZaFaaBMIpvaEAE Perth Office at : https://g.page/r/CfTwRl9wGL33EAE Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/customs.broker.sydney.nsw/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/customs_sydney

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AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE OPENS OFFICE AT TOKYO

The strong relationship between Australian Border Force (ABF) and its coast guard and customs partners in Japan was further enhanced this week with the opening of a new ABF office in Tokyo by ABF Commissioner Michael Outram APM.

The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF Counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey, reflecting the rapidly growing relationships between ABF, Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and Japan Customs and Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Japan Customs).

Commissioner Outram said the new ABF office will seek to advance cooperation with the JCG and Japan Customs and serve as the regional hub for engagement with partners, including the Border Five and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD).

“Japan is an important partner of Australia, and we share a mutual interest in a free, prosperous and resilient Indo Pacific,” Commissioner Outram said.

“The opening of a new office within the Australian Embassy in Tokyo reflects the rapidly growing relationship between our two nations as strategic partners on border security, customs matters and civil maritime security.”

During his visit, Commissioner Outram signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Maritime Domain Awareness with JCG Commandant ISHII Shohei, which is based on shared values and operational priorities.

“This will open up important opportunities for increased information exchange and cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard,” Commissioner Outram said.

“Equally, the JCG have a proud history of international leadership in coast guarding, including as the Secretariat for the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Meeting and Coast Guard Global Summit, and we welcome the opportunity for collaboration in this respect.”

Additionally, a Memorandum of Cooperation on Customs Detector Dog Arrangements was updated with Director General of Customs and Tariff Bureau, SUWAZONO Kenji. Since its creation in 2013, dozens of dogs from ABF’s Detector Dog breeding program have provided an outstanding capability for Japan Customs.

The update will enable the ABF to continue the current arrangements to supply candidate detector dogs.

“Japan Customs have shown for generations their willingness to support the global customs community, be that through the World Customs Organisation, mini-laterally or bilaterally. We are excited for the opportunities the opening of the ABF office presents to extend our partnership and the detector dogs program is one example of this,” Commissioner Outram said.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

Landed Costing Tariff Advices and Concessions

Duty Drawbacks & Refunds

Tariff Consultancy & Audits Tariff Concession Order System Customs Tariff Classification

Free Trade Agreements

TRADEX Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties

Import Restrictions and Prohibitions

Temporary Imports

Carnets

Finally, your success is our success. We keep on updating all the Government policies related to Import & Export, which allow us to provide you excellent strategy for your export & import needs. Visit our website https://365freight.com.au/ for more details You can find our Sydney Office at : https://g.page/r/CY4zO_LUa8LgEAE Melbourne Office at : https://g.page/r/CXwYLKzkRCJVEAE Brisbane Office at : https://g.page/r/CZaFaaBMIpvaEAE Perth Office at : https://g.page/r/CfTwRl9wGL33EAE Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/customs.broker.sydney.nsw/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/customs_sydney

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AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE OPENS OFFICE AT TOKYO

The strong relationship between Australian Border Force (ABF) and its coast guard and customs partners in Japan was further enhanced this week with the opening of a new ABF office in Tokyo by ABF Commissioner Michael Outram APM.

The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF Counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey, reflecting the rapidly growing relationships between ABF, Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and Japan Customs and Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Japan Customs).

Commissioner Outram said the new ABF office will seek to advance cooperation with the JCG and Japan Customs and serve as the regional hub for engagement with partners, including the Border Five and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD).

“Japan is an important partner of Australia, and we share a mutual interest in a free, prosperous and resilient Indo Pacific,” Commissioner Outram said.

“The opening of a new office within the Australian Embassy in Tokyo reflects the rapidly growing relationship between our two nations as strategic partners on border security, customs matters and civil maritime security.”

During his visit, Commissioner Outram signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Maritime Domain Awareness with JCG Commandant ISHII Shohei, which is based on shared values and operational priorities.

“This will open up important opportunities for increased information exchange and cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard,” Commissioner Outram said.

“Equally, the JCG have a proud history of international leadership in coast guarding, including as the Secretariat for the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Meeting and Coast Guard Global Summit, and we welcome the opportunity for collaboration in this respect.”

Additionally, a Memorandum of Cooperation on Customs Detector Dog Arrangements was updated with Director General of Customs and Tariff Bureau, SUWAZONO Kenji. Since its creation in 2013, dozens of dogs from ABF’s Detector Dog breeding program have provided an outstanding capability for Japan Customs.

The update will enable the ABF to continue the current arrangements to supply candidate detector dogs.

“Japan Customs have shown for generations their willingness to support the global customs community, be that through the World Customs Organisation, mini-laterally or bilaterally. We are excited for the opportunities the opening of the ABF office presents to extend our partnership and the detector dogs program is one example of this,” Commissioner Outram said.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

Landed Costing Tariff Advices and Concessions

Duty Drawbacks & Refunds

Tariff Consultancy & Audits Tariff Concession Order System Customs Tariff Classification

Free Trade Agreements

TRADEX Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties

Import Restrictions and Prohibitions

Temporary Imports

Carnets

Finally, your success is our success. We keep on updating all the Government policies related to Import & Export, which allow us to provide you excellent strategy for your export & import needs. Visit our website https://365freight.com.au/ for more details You can find our Sydney Office at : https://g.page/r/CY4zO_LUa8LgEAE Melbourne Office at : https://g.page/r/CXwYLKzkRCJVEAE Brisbane Office at : https://g.page/r/CZaFaaBMIpvaEAE Perth Office at : https://g.page/r/CfTwRl9wGL33EAE Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/customs.broker.sydney.nsw/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/customs_sydney

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AUSTRALIAN BORDER FORCE OPENS OFFICE AT TOKYO

The strong relationship between Australian Border Force (ABF) and its coast guard and customs partners in Japan was further enhanced this week with the opening of a new ABF office in Tokyo by ABF Commissioner Michael Outram APM.

The Tokyo office opening coincides with the appointment of a new ABF Counsellor for Japan, Superintendent Julie Pettrey, reflecting the rapidly growing relationships between ABF, Japan Coast Guard (JCG) and Japan Customs and Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance (Japan Customs).

Commissioner Outram said the new ABF office will seek to advance cooperation with the JCG and Japan Customs and serve as the regional hub for engagement with partners, including the Border Five and Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD).

“Japan is an important partner of Australia, and we share a mutual interest in a free, prosperous and resilient Indo Pacific,” Commissioner Outram said.

“The opening of a new office within the Australian Embassy in Tokyo reflects the rapidly growing relationship between our two nations as strategic partners on border security, customs matters and civil maritime security.”

During his visit, Commissioner Outram signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Maritime Domain Awareness with JCG Commandant ISHII Shohei, which is based on shared values and operational priorities.

“This will open up important opportunities for increased information exchange and cooperation with the Japan Coast Guard,” Commissioner Outram said.

“Equally, the JCG have a proud history of international leadership in coast guarding, including as the Secretariat for the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Meeting and Coast Guard Global Summit, and we welcome the opportunity for collaboration in this respect.”

Additionally, a Memorandum of Cooperation on Customs Detector Dog Arrangements was updated with Director General of Customs and Tariff Bureau, SUWAZONO Kenji. Since its creation in 2013, dozens of dogs from ABF’s Detector Dog breeding program have provided an outstanding capability for Japan Customs.

The update will enable the ABF to continue the current arrangements to supply candidate detector dogs.

“Japan Customs have shown for generations their willingness to support the global customs community, be that through the World Customs Organisation, mini-laterally or bilaterally. We are excited for the opportunities the opening of the ABF office presents to extend our partnership and the detector dogs program is one example of this,” Commissioner Outram said.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

Landed Costing Tariff Advices and Concessions

Duty Drawbacks & Refunds

Tariff Consultancy & Audits Tariff Concession Order System Customs Tariff Classification

Free Trade Agreements

TRADEX Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties

Import Restrictions and Prohibitions

Temporary Imports

Carnets

Finally, your success is our success. We keep on updating all the Government policies related to Import & Export, which allow us to provide you excellent strategy for your export & import needs. Visit our website https://365freight.com.au/ for more details You can find our Sydney Office at : https://g.page/r/CY4zO_LUa8LgEAE Melbourne Office at : https://g.page/r/CXwYLKzkRCJVEAE Brisbane Office at : https://g.page/r/CZaFaaBMIpvaEAE Perth Office at : https://g.page/r/CfTwRl9wGL33EAE Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/customs.broker.sydney.nsw/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/customs_sydney

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The Role of DGFT Consultants

In today's interconnected world, foreign trade has become an indispensable part of business operations. Companies looking to expand their horizons beyond borders often find themselves grappling with a web of regulations, documentation, and compliance issues. This is where DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade) consultants step in, playing a pivotal role in simplifying and streamlining the complexities of international trade. In cities like Pune, a hub for commerce and industry, the services of a DGFT consultant are more valuable than ever. In this blog, we will explore the role of a DGFT consultant in Pune, focusing on how they can assist businesses like Air Freight Forwarding Companies, Ocean Freight Forwarding Companies, and organizations like Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions.

Understanding the Role of a DGFT Consultant

DGFT consultants are experts in the domain of foreign trade, with a profound knowledge of international trade regulations, policies, and procedures. They serve as the bridge between businesses and government authorities, facilitating the smooth flow of goods and services across borders. Here are some key aspects of their role:

Regulatory Compliance: DGFT consultants in Pune, such as those at Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions, assist businesses in adhering to the ever-evolving foreign trade regulations. They ensure that all the necessary licenses, permits, and documentation are in place, minimizing the risk of non-compliance and its associated penalties.

Licensing and Permissions: DGFT consultants help companies apply for and obtain various licenses and permissions required for international trade, including Importer Exporter Code (IEC), Advance Authorization, and EPCG (Export Promotion Capital Goods) licenses. They guide businesses through the application process, helping them secure the necessary documentation.

Trade Policy Analysis: DGFT consultants closely monitor changes in trade policies, tariffs, and agreements at both national and international levels. They keep their clients informed about any alterations in these policies and help them adapt their strategies accordingly, ensuring competitiveness in the global market.

Export Promotion Schemes: Businesses, such as Air Freight Forwarding Companies and Ocean Freight Forwarding Companies, often need to take advantage of government incentives and export promotion schemes. DGFT consultants are well-versed in these schemes and help their clients identify and maximize the benefits.

Export Documentation: Accurate and complete documentation is crucial in international trade. DGFT consultants assist companies in preparing and maintaining the necessary documents, including the Bill of Lading, Certificate of Origin, and commercial invoices, among others.

Reducing Trade Barriers: DGFT consultants work to minimize trade barriers by assisting businesses in understanding and navigating the complexities of foreign trade. This includes addressing issues related to customs, duty drawbacks, and anti-dumping measures.

Training and Education: DGFT consultants often provide training to the staff of companies involved in foreign trade. This education helps employees understand the nuances of international trade, improving their competence and ensuring that the business complies with regulations.

Pune, being a bustling economic center in India, is home to numerous businesses engaged in foreign trade. DGFT consultants in Pune, such as Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions, play an instrumental role in supporting these businesses in their international endeavours.

Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions - Your Trusted DGFT Consultant in Pune

Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions is a leading DGFT consultant in Pune, known for its expertise in foreign trade matters. With their in-depth knowledge of the global market and the complexities associated with it, they assist a wide range of businesses, including Air Freight Forwarding Companies and Ocean Freight Forwarding Companies.

Their dedicated team of professionals is well-versed in the intricacies of international trade, ensuring that businesses can navigate the complex regulatory environment with ease. They offer comprehensive services, from license procurement to trade policy analysis, and everything in between.

The role of DGFT consultants, such as those at Milestone Worldwide Freight Solutions, is pivotal in supporting businesses engaged in foreign trade. These consultants help companies not only comply with regulations but also thrive in the global market by providing valuable insights and guidance. Their expertise is an invaluable asset for companies looking to expand their horizons and establish a strong presence in the international arena. So, for businesses in Pune aiming to conquer the global market, partnering with a DGFT consultant is a smart move that can make all the difference.

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Scottish lawyer, orator, naval officer, politician and anti-nuclear campaigner  Willie MacRae was born on May 18th 1923 at Carron, Falkirk.

McRae edited a local newspaper in Grangemouth at the same time as reading history at the University of Glasgow, from which he gained a first-class degree. In the Second World War he was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders but transferred to the Royal Indian Navy, in which he became a lieutenant commander and aide-de-camp to Admiral Lord Mountbatten.

Willie became an active member of the Scottish National Party and an anti-nuclear dumping campaigner, he was also the author of the maritime law of Israel and emeritus professor at the University of Haifa.

In both of the 1974 General Elections and in the 1979 General Election he stood for Parliament as the SNP candidate for Ross and Cromarty. In October 1974 he only lost to the Conservative Hamish Gray by 633 votes, but in 1979 Gray's majority increased to 4,735. In the latter year he also contested the SNP leadership, coming third in a three-way contest with 52 votes to Stephen Maxwell's 117 votes and winner Gordon Wilson's 530 votes.

Willie MacRae has become more famous since his death , than during his life, the events of which have often been debated and written about.

Willie left his Glasgow flat in the early evening of 5th April 1985, to spend the week at his cottage at Ardelve near Dornie. He was not seen again until the following morning around 10:00, when two Australian tourists saw his Volvo Estate car lying on the moor a short distance from the junction of the A87 and A887 roads, about 30 yds  from the roadway, straddling a burn. 

The tourists flagged down the next car to pass by, which turned out to be driven by a doctor, Dorothy Messer, accompanied by her fiancé as well as David Coutts, a Dundee SNP councillor who knew Willie MacRae very well. It was discovered that Willie was in the car.   He was not wearing a seat belt. Another car was sent to call the emergency services. Dr Messer examined Willie and found that he was still alive and breathing. She noted that one of his pupils was dilated, indicating the possibility of brain damage, and estimated that he had been in that state for 10 hours.

Willie was removed by ambulance to Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, accompanied by Dr Messer. On arrival it was decided to transfer him to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. At Aberdeen it was realised that the incident was more than a road accident; six hours after he had been found, a nurse washing his head discovered what appeared to be the entry wound of a gunshot. An X-ray confirmed that Willie McRae had been shot above his right ear and a bullet was detected in his head. His brain was severely damaged and his vital functions very weak. 

The following day, on Sunday 7th of April, after consultation with his next of kin, Willie MacRae's life-support machine was switched off. An investigation into Willies death was headed by Chief Superintendent Andrew Lester of Northern CID. 

Willies car was moved around midday 7th April. It later transpired that the police had kept no record of the precise location where the car had been found, and the position stated by them was later found to be 1 mile (1.6 km) in error, and was corrected by a witness who had been present at the scene.

A weapon was found the following day, in the burn, over which the car had been discovered, 60 ft  from the vehicle. It was a Smith and Wesson .45 revolver belonging to Willie MacRae which had been fired twice. No fingerprints were found on the gun, despite MacRae not wearing gloves when he was found.

Although it was ruled at the time by authorities that Willie  Mcrae's death was a suicide, the official account has been disputed, some claiming that the distance from Macrae's car at which the gun was found and the lack of fingerprints on it rendered such a verdict, not credible.

At the time of his death, McRae had been working to counter plans to dump nuclear waste from the Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment into the sea. Due to his house being burgled on repeated occasions prior to his death, he had taken to carrying a copy of the documents relating to his Dounreay work with him at all times. They were not found following his death, and the sole other copy which was kept in his office was stolen when it was burgled, no other items being taken.

Since then there have been many calls for the case to be reopened, and in my opinion, rightly so.  I, and many others are of the opinion that his death was an assassinated by British establishment.

The cairn and plaque erected near the spot in the West Highlands marks here McRae was found. 

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Facebook escalates war on accountability

Facebook just escalated its war on NYU’s Ad Observer project, a project that monitors and discloses Facebook’s failure to live up to its promise to block paid disinformation.

Here’s how that works. Facebook users volunteer to download and install Ad Observer, a browser plugin. This plugin scrapes the ads Facebook shows that user. They are cleaned of any personally identifying information and uploaded to the Ad Observatory.

The Observatory is an archive that accountability journalists and researchers can mine to see whether FB is keeping its promises to label political ads and block paid disinformation. It’s proof that FB does NOT live up to these promises.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/20/sovkitsch/#adobserver

FB hates this. They threatened the NYU team with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, claiming that their violations of its terms of service violated this law (this is a gross overreach, and the law was since substantially narrowed by the Supreme Court):

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/04/aaronsw/#cfaa

At the same time, they waged a disinformation war against the project, falsely claiming that it was collecting Facebook users’ data. The plugin is free/open source software and numerous experts have audited it and shown this is not true.

https://twitter.com/mozilla/status/1422995760396726273

Which brings us to the latest salvo: FB has killed the accounts of Ad Observer’s Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy, a move that severely restricts their ability to maintain Ad Observer and Ad Observatory.

https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/04/facebook-ad-observatory-nyu-researchers/

The account terminations were accompanied by a renewed Facebook disinformation campaign that repeated the lie that Ad Observer was a privacy risk for FB users. It also repeated the lie that FB’s own accountability archive was sufficient to monitor its anti-disinfo efforts.

Privacywashing is a cynical corporate tactic — when a company attacks its customers and critics in the name of privacy. Britons will remember the long years when companies justified brazen acts against their customers and justified by waving the Data Protection Act.

Privacywashing has only grown more widespread since then, and is especially present in the ongoing debate over antittrust and interoperability.

https://www.eff.org/wp/interoperability-and-privacy

Every time a company like FB dumps dox on hundreds of millions of uses, they spin that into a reason they should have more control over our lives.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/05/zucks-oily-rags/#into-the-breach

The reality is disinformation is really profitable for FB. I am skeptical about how well paid disinfo really works, but it’s clear that there are lots of rich people who are convinced that it works, and they pay FB millions to try their hand at it.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/11/number-eight/#curse-of-bigness

The fact of the matter is that FB is a company whose profits depend on hiding all kinds of fraud and sleaze from the public. That’s why they gutted Crowtangle, the tool that researchers relied on for insight into the platform.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/15/three-wise-zucks-in-a-trenchcoat/#inconvenient-truth

The thing is, privacy is very important, and we have to get it right. The worst part of privacywashing is that it discredits the very idea of privacy protection, makes people assume that every time they hear the word “privacy,” they’re about to be scammed.

This is parallel to the weaponization of “health and safety” in the UK, where cynical operators cited ill-defined “health and safety” regulations to let them boss people around, sell bogus services, and carve out lucrative careers as consultants.

https://memex.craphound.com/2014/09/08/in-the-interests-of-safety-using-evidence-to-beat-back-security-theater/

The result was that the whole idea of safety regulation was put in bad odor, opening the door to all kinds of bad practices (including cladding tower-blocks in the kind of highly flammable materials that turned Greenfell into a charnel house).

In attacking Ad Observer, Facebook isn’t just shooting the messenger — they’re poisoning the well, sabotaging real privacy measures. It’s another shameful chapter in the sordid tale of a company that shouldn’t exist.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

U.S. birth rates plunged in 2020, a sure sign ‘things are not going well for a lot of people’ (The Week) As if we needed more evidence that the pandemic has been rough on everyone, experts say sinking U.S. birth rates point to widespread societal challenges, and could cause further complications later on. Data from 29 states showed a 7.3 percent drop in births in December 2020, nine months after the pandemic began in the U.S., CBS News reports. Birth rates have been declining for years, and its not surprising major economic disruption would cause a dip, but preliminary numbers suggest the pandemic has led to an especially notable drop—in the wake of the Great Recession, birth rates fell by 3 percent, CBS notes. University of Maryland sociologist Phil Cohen told CBS the “scale of this is really large,” and argued the decline “means things are not going well for a lot of people.” A column by two Brookings Institution economists in The New York Times outlines some of the struggles that have people postponing or avoiding expanding their families: a weak labor market, job and income loss, school closures, and fewer social activities, to name some.

The most desirable countries and cities for workers looking to relocate in 2021 (CNBC) Canada is now seen as the most desirable destination for overseas workers when it comes to choosing a country to relocate to, a global survey has found, knocking the U.S. off top spot. This is according to a poll of 209,000 people in 190 countries that aimed to find out whether and in what circumstances respondents would move to a foreign country for work. The survey was conducted between October and December 2020 by management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group and global recruitment alliance The Network. The authors of the report said the U.S. had been “hurt by an inconsistent pandemic response, the adoption of more nationalistic policies, and social unrest.” Meanwhile, they said Canada and Australia, which placed narrowly behind the U.S. as the third most desirable country for relocation, had both done a “far better job of pandemic management.” “They are also seen as having better social systems and more open cultures than the U.S.,” the authors added.

Texas Farmers Tally Up the Damage From a Winter Storm ‘Massacre’ (NYT) Texas farmers and ranchers have lost at least $600 million to the winter storm that struck the state last month, according to an assessment issued this week by economists at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. Damage and disruption from the bitter blast of cold and snow, which farmers are calling “the St. Valentine’s Day massacre,” is likely to cause some gaps on grocery shelves in the eastern part of the country and push prices higher. The storm also caused a severe shipping and processing bottleneck that continues to challenge the food-supply chain. Truck drivers were stuck for days waiting to load or unload produce. Processing plants had no power. Dairies were forced to dump 14 million gallons of milk, said Sid Miller, the Texas commissioner of agriculture. In a state that sells $25 billion worth of agricultural products each year and has more farms and ranches than any other, the damage is spread far and wide. The storm killed newborn calves, acres of newly planted watermelons and nearly the entire crop of Valencia oranges.

U.S. detained nearly 100,000 migrants at U.S.-Mexico border in February—sources (Reuters) U.S. border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in February, according to two people familiar with preliminary figures, the highest arrest total for the month of February since 2006. The figures, which have not been previously reported, show the scope of a growing surge of migrants arriving at the southwest border as U.S. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, seeks to roll back some of the restrictive policies of former President Donald Trump, a Republican. U.S. Border Patrol agents caught more than 4,500 migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in a single day on Wednesday, according to government figures shared with Reuters, a sign that illegal entries could continue to rise in March.

Pope Francis flies to Baghdad, beginning the first-ever papal trip to Iraq (Washington Post) Pope Francis on Friday began the first-ever papal trip to Iraq, flying to a country with an extraordinary biblical history but that is also experiencing a serious coronavirus outbreak and ongoing political turmoil. Francis’s four-day visit is his first international trip since the start of the pandemic and marks a return to the globe-trotting diplomacy—especially to minority-Christian countries—that had been his hallmark. It amounts to a show of encouragement for a nation trying to recover from the chaos of a U.S.-led invasion and the brutality of the Islamic State, a group that once vowed to “conquer Rome.”

India’s farmer protests (Foreign Policy) Indian farmers are planning another major road blockade outside New Delhi on Saturday, as protests against agricultural laws reach their 100th day. “We believe that after these 100 days, our movement will put a moral pressure on the government to accede to our demands, because the weather will also worsen,” said Darshan Pal, a spokesperson for the farmer unions’ coalition. “It will weaken the government, which will have to sit down with us to talk again.” The protests have contributed to a significant decline in Indian soft power, Sumit Ganguly writes, as Narendra Modi’s BJP makes a “risky calculation” between domestic dominance and international condemnation.

China sets growth target ‘over 6%,’ tightening HK control (AP) China’s No. 2 leader set a healthy economic growth target Friday and vowed to make the nation self-reliant in technology amid tension with the U.S. and Europe over trade and human rights. Another official announced plans to tighten control over Hong Kong by reducing the public’s role in government. The ruling Communist Party aims for growth of “over 6%” as the world’s second-largest economy rebounds from the coronavirus, Premier Li Keqiang said in a speech to China’s ceremonial legislature. About 3,000 delegates gathered for its annual meeting, the year’s highest-profile political event, under intense security and anti-virus controls. It has been shortened from two weeks to one because of the pandemic. The party is shifting back to its longer-term goal of becoming a global competitor in telecoms, electric cars and other profitable technology. That is inflaming trade tension with Washington and Europe, which complain Beijing’s tactics violate its market-opening commitments and hurt foreign competitors.

People wasting almost 1bn tonnes of food a year, UN report reveals (The Guardian) People waste almost a billion tonnes of food a year, a UN report has revealed. It is the most comprehensive assessment to date and found waste was about double the previous best estimate. The food discarded in homes alone was 74kg per person each year on average around the world, the UN found. In the UK, which has some of the best data, the edible waste represents about eight meals per household each week. The UN report also includes data on food waste in restaurants and shops, with 17% of all food dumped. Some food is lost on farms and in supply chains as well, meaning that overall a third of food is never eaten. The researchers said nobody bought food with the intention of throwing it away and that small amounts discarded each day might seem insignificant. Therefore increasing people’s awareness of waste was key, they said.

What’s Catalyzing Catalytic Converter Thefts? (Washington Post) Rhodium is a metallic element used in an automobile’s catalytic converter. It’s unparalleled in its ability to remove the most toxic pollutants from vehicle exhaust. 80% of rhodium comes from South Africa, as a byproduct of that country’s platinum mining industry. Because rhodium is a byproduct of platinum, it’s only produced when mining platinum is profitable. A surplus of platinum has existed in South Africa for years, keeping prices so low there’s been no incentive to mine platinum, ergo rhodium isn’t being produced. At the same time demand for the metal has soared as countries in Europe, the Americas, and East Asia raise emission standards for new vehicles. The shortage has driven the price of rhodium to astronomical heights, currently 15 times more than the price of gold. But apparently not enough to restart platinum mining. And that explains why there’s been a huge rise in thefts of catalytic converters in the US in recent months. Thieves are taking a hacksaw to multitudes of tailpipes. Keep a close eye on your car’s exhaust pipe.

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Heather Cox Richardson:

September 7, 2020 (Monday)

I have been holding off for a calm news day to examine exactly what the fifth volume of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s bipartisan report on Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election said, and why it is important. The report came out on August 18 and, in the storm of other news, has gotten less attention than it should have.

While Special Counsel Robert Mueller marshaled a team to look into potential crimes committed by members of the Trump campaign and by Russian actors in the 2016 election, the Senate Intelligence Committee also conducted an investigation. The Senate committee was not limited, as Mueller was, by a directive from the acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. It looked more widely at the contacts between members of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russian operatives. Because Republicans control the Senate, the Senate Intelligence Committee is chaired by a Republican, first by Richard Burr (R-NC) and then, after Burr stepped down under allegations of insider trading, by Marco Rubio (R-FL).

The first volume of the committee’s report established that Russians successfully breached U.S. election systems in 2016. According to the Intelligence Community, “Russian intelligence obtained and maintained access to elements of multiple U.S. state or local electoral boards,” but the Department of Homeland Security “assesses that the types of systems Russian actors targeted or compromised were not involved in vote tallying.” Interestingly, the section on Russian attacks on voting machines is almost entirely redacted.

The second volume explained that Russian operatives “sought to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success and supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the Kremlin.” It concluded that “in 2016, Russian operatives… used social media to conduct an information warfare campaign designed to spread disinformation and societal division in the United States. Masquerading as Americans, these operatives used targeted advertisements, intentionally falsified news articles, self-generated content, and social media platform tools to interact with and attempt to deceive tens of millions of social media users in the United States. This campaign sought to polarize Americans on the basis of societal, ideological, and racial differences, provoked real world events, and was part of a foreign government's covert support of Russia's favored candidate in the U.S. presidential election.”

The third volume examined how the U.S. government responded to the Russian attacks. The fourth reviewed and defended the methods and findings of the Intelligence Community.

And, on August 18, the committee released the fifth volume. The committee reviewed about a million documents and interviewed more than 200 witnesses. Its 966 pages establish extensive connections between Russian operatives and Trump campaign officials in 2016.

They established that Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort worked closely during the campaign with his longtime business associate in Ukraine, Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the report identifies as a “Russian intelligence officer.”

This means that, according to Republicans—as well as the Democrats on the committee—in 2016, Trump’s campaign manager was actively working with a Russian intelligence officer.

Paul Manafort’s backstory matters.

Manafort cut his political teeth in Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign, along with his friend Roger Stone, whom he had met in the Young Republicans organization, a social and political network of young professionals. Manafort worked for Ronald Reagan in 1980 and George H. W. Bush in 1988. In 1980, he and Roger Stone were two of the three principals who formed a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C., that brought under one roof lobbying and political consulting as well as public relations. Bundling these functions was groundbreaking: they would get their clients elected, and then help clients lobby them. One of their first clients was a friend of Stone’s: Donald J. Trump.

Quickly, Manafort began to look to foreign countries for his clients. He took advantage of the anti-communist focus of foreign policy after Reagan, cleaning up shady clients to look good enough to U.S. lawmakers that they could get U.S. dollars to shore up their political interests. Touting his connections to the Reagan and Bush administrations, Manafort racked up clients. He backed so many dictatorial governments—Nigeria, Kenya, Zaire, Equatorial Guinea, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia, among others—that a 1992 report from the Center for Public Integrity called his firm “The Torturers’ Lobby.”

In 1995, Manafort started his own firm and, a decade later, he began working for a young Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, who was eager to prove useful to Vladimir Putin. At the time, Putin was trying to consolidate power in Russia, where oligarchs were rising to replace the region’s communist leaders and were monopolizing formerly publicly held industries. In 2004, American journalist Paul Klebnikov, the chief editor of Forbes in Russia, was murdered as he tried to call attention to what the oligarchs were doing.

In 1991, Ukraine had declared its independence from the USSR, and threats of Ukrainian freedom soon worried Deripaska, who had business interests there. In 2004, it appeared at first that a Russian-backed politician, Viktor Yanukovych, was elected president of Ukraine. But Yanukovych was rumored to have ties to organized crime, and the election was so full of fraud—including the poisoning of a key rival who wanted to break ties with Russia and align Ukraine with Europe—the government voided the election and called for a do-over. Yanukovych needed a makeover fast, and for that he called on a political consultant with a reputation for making unsavory characters palatable to the media: Deripaska’s friend Paul Manafort.

For ten years, from 2004 to 2014, Manafort worked for Yanukovych and his party, trying to make what the U.S. State Department called a party of “mobsters and oligarchs” look legitimate. He made a fortune thanks to his new friends, especially Deripaska. In 2010, Yanukovych finally won the presidency on a platform of rejecting NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization through which Europe joined together to oppose first the USSR, and then the rising threat of Russia. Immediately, Yanukovych turned Ukraine toward Russia. In 2014, after months of popular protests, Ukrainians ousted Yanukovych from power in what is known as the Revolution of Dignity. Yanukovych fled to Russia.

Shortly after Yanukovych’s ouster, Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimea and annexed it, prompting the United States and the European Union to impose economic sanctions on Russia itself and also on specific Russian businesses and oligarchs, prohibiting them from doing business in United States territories. These sanctions crippled Russia and froze the assets of key Russian oligarchs.

Now without his main source of income, Manafort owed about $17 million to Deripaska. By 2016, his longtime friend and business partner Roger Stone was advising Trump’s floundering presidential campaign, and Manafort was happy to step in to help remake it. He did not take a salary, but reached out to Deripaska through one of his Ukrainian business partners, Konstantin Kilimnik, immediately after landing the job, asking him “How do we use to get whole? Has OVD [Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska] operation seen?”

Manafort began as a campaign advisor in March 2016, and became the chairman in late June, after the June 9 meeting between Don Jr., Jared Kushner, and Manafort with a number of people, including a Russian lawyer associated with Putin’s intelligence services, in Trump Tower. (Remember that Trump tried to explain away that meeting as being about “adoptions,” because the Russian response to sanctions was to shut down American adoptions of Russian children.)

The fifth volume of the Senate Intelligence Report establishes that Kilimnik is a “Russian intelligence officer,” and that he acted as a liaison between Manafort and Deripaska while Manafort ran Trump’s campaign. On several occasions, Manafort passed the campaign’s sensitive internal polling data to Kilimnik, although because their communications were encrypted, the committee could not determine what became of the information. (Such polling might well dovetail with the information in volume 2.)

The report says Kilimnik may have been directly involved in hacking Democratic National Committee emails and handing the stolen files to WikiLeaks. The committee found “significant evidence” that WikiLeaks was “knowingly collaborating with Russian government officials.” The report also establishes that Trump repeatedly discussed the WikiLeaks document dumps with operative Roger Stone, then lied about those discussions with investigators.

The report says Manafort lied consistently about his interactions with Kilimnik, and has chosen to go to jail rather than change his story. It also notes that it is Kilimnik who launched the story that it was Ukraine, not Russia, that interfered in the U.S. election.

According to the report: "Taken as a whole, Manafort's high level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik and associates of Oleg Deripaska, represented a grave counterintelligence threat."

The report also established that the White House “significantly hampered” the investigation.

The Manafort story is only one of the issues covered in Volume 5.

[medicalnewstoday]

Recent research:Glycine Market is expected to grow at a CAGR of ~ 4% by 2019 - 2029

Steady growth in demand for glycine within the food industry is primarily contribute towards the growth of global glycine market. Witnessing a moderate CAGR over 2019 - 2029, glycine consumption will reach the mark of US$ 1 Bn by 2029 end. As per the findings of a new study published by Persistence Market research (PMR), increasing demand for meat and meat products will also remain

Besides, glycine continues to find extensive application in dietary supplements. It acts as a chemical building block in variety of industrial, technical, and synthetic applications such as pesticides and herbicides, which would remain among the key boosters to the growth of glycine market during the following years.

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Key Takeaways - Global Glycine Market

Food- & feed-grade glycine has low-chloride level, and offers exceptional purity, in line with requirements of food products such as food supplements and energy drinks, making it the most lucrative segment amongst grade types. Feed-grade glycine is used as a protein and amino acid additive in animal and pet feeds.

Demand for food- & feed-grade glycine is also anticipated to be driven by growing meat consumption, especially in North America, where around 60% of all protein consumed is through animal meat. This high demand for glycine in North America is anticipated to create sizeable opportunities for exporters, especially from China and India where the production of glycine is high.

The U.S. has imposed anti-dumping duties on the import of glycine from China. To avoid these anti-dumping rates, many producers and traders based in China are exporting their products to the U.S., routed through Cambodia and Canada.

Growing demand for glyphosate is creating immense opportunities for manufacturers of tech-grade glycine, which is used as feedstock. In China, 90% of glycine is used in the production of herbicide glyphosate.

Increasing applications of glycine in the pharmaceuticals industry are estimated to push market growth. Glycine is used as a component of amino acid mixtures for oral and parenteral use.

As manufacturers are focusing on production capacity expansions, it is expected that the average prices for glycine will be lower than that seen in the last few years. This will play a key role in driving demand for the product in foreseeable future.

Glycine Market Competitive Landscape Analysis

The global glycine market is fairly fragmented, with leading players accounting for more than 40% of the overall market size as of 2018. Some of the key market players included in this report are

Companies covered in Glycine Market Report

Evonik Industries AG

Yuki Gosei Kogyo Co., Ltd.

BASF SE

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Cargill Incorporated

Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co. Ltd.

Showa Denko KK

Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.

CPS Performance Materials

Shijiazhuang Donghua Jinlong Chemical Co., Ltd.

Glycine Market: Conclusion

Growing applications of glycine in pharmaceutical, pet food, cosmetic, and chemical industries are providing a major boost to the growth of the glycine market. North America is estimated to account for a prominent share of the market and remain an attractive region in the global market. The U.S. is a top consumer of glycine, whereas China, Germany, and Belgium are major producers and exporters. Manufacturers are focusing on launching new grades of glycine to adhering to the regulatory norms.

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2024 Anti Dumping Measure against Germany and Sweden

What does “dumping” mean in trade?

Generally speaking, “dumping” refers to a situation in which the export price of a goods is lower than market price of the same goods in the exporting country. Nonetheless, even the definition of dumping presents significant challenges for even legal practitioners including anti dumping lawyers.

Regarding an embracing analysis of current customs regime, see our articles on

Customs Clearances in Turkey

Export Customs Regime in Turkey

What does dumping mean in foreign trade?

International community produces different types of definitions for the word dumping. It is particularly significant to consider what is meant by dumping. According to the World Trade Organization, dumping is the sale or import of a particular product at less than fair value. Technically, this comparison will be made between the export price of a goods and the “normal value” of the equivalent goods in the exporting country. If the export price is lower than the local market price, that product can be considered “dumped”.

With regard to the useful observations about import customs regime of Turkey take a look at our article on Import Customs Regime in Turkey

Which legal conditions are necessary for initiation of Anti Dumping Investigation?

There are three main pre-conditions to initiate anti dumping procedures according to the Turkish legal framework.

The importation of the relevant product must be a typical example of dumping,

Dumping should cause material damage / or threat of harm on domestic production,

Causal link is necessary between this damage or threat and  dumped imports.

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What are the main legal Instruments applicable to 2024 anti dumping measure in Turkey?

The Law on the Prevention of Unfair Competition of Imports (No: 3577) is the central to the anti-dumping actions and practice. In the Law in question, dumping is defined as ‘export price of a product to Turkey being less than the normal value for the like product’. The Law identifies the rules and principles as regards the procedures to be applied and measures to be taken for purposes of protecting a domestic industry against injury caused by unfair competition practices in imports namely, dumped or subsidized imports.

The Decision on the Prevention of Unfair Competition of Imports and the Regulation on the Prevention of Unfair Competition of Imports are also available online here.

Anti dumping laws should be carefully analyzed in the case of anti dumping investigations first. You may benefit from our updated article on Anti Dumping Investigations in Turkey.

What is the News on 2024 anti dumping measure against Germany and Sweden?

In accordance with Article 3, measures shall be taken in cases where dumped or subsidized imports have caused material injury or threatened to cause material damage to the domestic industry.

The decision is based on the grounds that the harmful risks against domestic production are still going on.

Conclusion

In the final analysis, without benefiting an end-to-end anti dumping consulting service, it is quite challenging to handle investigation procedures and follow-up anti dumping measures in Turkey. What is really important is that there are specific timelines and deadlines for every single legal step. Submission of defense arguments about anti dumping investigations and|or new measures are very critical. Besides, it is noteworthy that companies have a right to lodge a case before administrative courts against anti dumping measures.

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UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRALIA

The Australian Government welcomes the announcement that Royal Assent has been given to legislation to bring the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement into effect in the UK.

The Australia-UK FTA is a historic agreement, representing the UK’s first new trade deal signed since Brexit. It will reset access to the UK market for Australian exporters. Royal Assent paves the way for both countries to bring the agreement into force as soon as possible.

The agreement will remove tariffs on over 99 per cent of the $9.2 billion Australian goods exported to the UK annually. It will help revitalise local manufacturing and provide new access to the UK’s government procurement market worth an estimated half a trillion dollars annually.

In addition, it will see Australian professionals gain access to the UK jobs market on par with EU nationals, with more opportunities for intra-company transfers and for working holiday makers.

This gold-standard agreement goes beyond Australia’s pre-existing approaches in bilateral agreements on gender and the environment by establishing new commitments and cooperation. Provisions on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, which allow investors to initiate legal action against governments, are not included in the agreement.

The agreement also includes a range of commitments that will advance the commercial interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including providing for royalties to be paid to First Nations artists where their artworks are resold in the UK. Importantly, the Australian Government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy will continue to benefit Indigenous-owned businesses.

The Australia-UK FTA will enter into force after UK processes are complete and Australia and the UK exchange diplomatic notes identifying a commencement date.

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UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRALIA

The Australian Government welcomes the announcement that Royal Assent has been given to legislation to bring the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement into effect in the UK.

The Australia-UK FTA is a historic agreement, representing the UK’s first new trade deal signed since Brexit. It will reset access to the UK market for Australian exporters. Royal Assent paves the way for both countries to bring the agreement into force as soon as possible.

The agreement will remove tariffs on over 99 per cent of the $9.2 billion Australian goods exported to the UK annually. It will help revitalise local manufacturing and provide new access to the UK’s government procurement market worth an estimated half a trillion dollars annually.

In addition, it will see Australian professionals gain access to the UK jobs market on par with EU nationals, with more opportunities for intra-company transfers and for working holiday makers.

This gold-standard agreement goes beyond Australia’s pre-existing approaches in bilateral agreements on gender and the environment by establishing new commitments and cooperation. Provisions on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, which allow investors to initiate legal action against governments, are not included in the agreement.

The agreement also includes a range of commitments that will advance the commercial interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including providing for royalties to be paid to First Nations artists where their artworks are resold in the UK. Importantly, the Australian Government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy will continue to benefit Indigenous-owned businesses.

The Australia-UK FTA will enter into force after UK processes are complete and Australia and the UK exchange diplomatic notes identifying a commencement date.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

Landed Costing Tariff Advices and Concessions

Duty Drawbacks & Refunds

Tariff Consultancy & Audits Tariff Concession Order System Customs Tariff Classification

Free Trade Agreements

TRADEX Anti-Dumping and Countervailing duties

Import Restrictions and Prohibitions

Temporary Imports

Carnets

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UK FREE TRADE AGREEMENT WITH AUSTRALIA

The Australian Government welcomes the announcement that Royal Assent has been given to legislation to bring the Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement into effect in the UK.

The Australia-UK FTA is a historic agreement, representing the UK’s first new trade deal signed since Brexit. It will reset access to the UK market for Australian exporters. Royal Assent paves the way for both countries to bring the agreement into force as soon as possible.

The agreement will remove tariffs on over 99 per cent of the $9.2 billion Australian goods exported to the UK annually. It will help revitalise local manufacturing and provide new access to the UK’s government procurement market worth an estimated half a trillion dollars annually.

In addition, it will see Australian professionals gain access to the UK jobs market on par with EU nationals, with more opportunities for intra-company transfers and for working holiday makers.

This gold-standard agreement goes beyond Australia’s pre-existing approaches in bilateral agreements on gender and the environment by establishing new commitments and cooperation. Provisions on Investor-State Dispute Settlement, which allow investors to initiate legal action against governments, are not included in the agreement.

The agreement also includes a range of commitments that will advance the commercial interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, including providing for royalties to be paid to First Nations artists where their artworks are resold in the UK. Importantly, the Australian Government’s Indigenous Procurement Policy will continue to benefit Indigenous-owned businesses.

The Australia-UK FTA will enter into force after UK processes are complete and Australia and the UK exchange diplomatic notes identifying a commencement date.

Customs services offered by 365 Freight & Customs Brokers include:

Customs and Quarantine Clearance Quarantine procedures

laws & legislation

Export Declaration

Tobacco Imports

Alcohol Imports

Gold & Precious Metal Imports

Gems * Jewellery Imports

Vehicle Imports

Port Congestion

Seizure of Goods

Destruction of Goods

INFRINGEMENT NOTICES

Dumping Duty

By-Laws

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