European plastics converters organization EuPC has welcomed moves by the EC and the Member States to control the import of plastics bags from China and Thailand into the EU.
Says EuPC managing director Alexandre Dangis: “A lot of damage has been done to this industry by cheap imports over a long period .The proposed duties are at a level just sufficient to create conditions in which companies can survive. Complaints started to arrive in my office more than then six years ago and it has been an arduous struggle for EuPC to secure this result. The duties on imports of plastics bags from China and Thailand will last for five years and will reach a level of 28.8 per cent, depending on the company and the country’.”
He concludes: “The correction of enormous market distortions caused by dumped imports will not only safeguard jobs but may also pave the way for expanding employment in the EU and for developing more recycling in this industry”.
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