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EU helps Syria protect its national industry

Global Arab Network - - George Haddad

Friday, 29 January 2010 14:38

The EU-funded Trade Enhancement Programme (TEP) provides technical training on anti-dumping to the staff of the Trade Facilitation and Efficiency Directorate of the Syrian Ministry of Economy and Trade (MoET) to protect the country’s industrial interests.

A delegation press release said the training, delivered by a Key Expert of the trade law component of the TEP Programme, will empower the Trade Facilitation and Efficiency Directorate of the MoET to effectively undertake investigations to determine whether unfair trade practice is taking place, and if necessary, to recommend additional duties on the imported products to protect Syrian industries.
“This training is very important to provide the staff of the Directorate with the necessary skills to prepare anti-dumping actions and to apply law No 42 of 2006 to protect our national industries,’’ said Mr Ramzi Asawda, Director of Facilitation and Efficiency of Trade at the Syrian MoET.

Anti-dumping actions are taken against unfair international practices that disrupt trade through unsustainably low prices. Dumping refers to import prices to Syria that are lower than the prices in the exporting countries. These low prices, and any other form of unfair trade, can seriously disrupt the Syrian market.

Ongoing training in trade remedies will take place on a weekly basis at the MoET, and TEP short term experts will be used over the next three years for further intensive technical training, which will extend also to the Syrian Customs Administration.

TEP is a four year (2008-2012) €15 million EU-funded programme established by the Government of Syria in partnership with the EU Delegation in Syria to improve Syria’s macro-economic situation through facilitating and increasing Syrian trade flows. The TEP is implemented through the Syrian Enterprise and Business Centre (SEBC) and aims to support the Ministry of Economy and Trade and the Customs Administration to introduce reforms that will bring the Syrian trade-related regulatory framework and practices in line with best international standards.

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