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TFTA warns OLAF probing for Taiwan circumvention


At the annual meeting of the Taiwan Fastener Trading Association, chairwoman of the TFTA International Affairs Committee, Tammy Huang, warned delegates that the EU Anti-Fraud Office was reviewing Taiwan fastener exports for evidence of circumvention.


out investigations in Taiwan related to the EU anti-dumping measures applied to Chinese fasteners in 2009. She said OLAF was inspecting export documentation on every container sold to the main countries of the EU in the last four years. Last autumn, during a visit to Taiwan, Globalfastenernews.com consulting editor Jason Sandifur was given sight of email


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correspondence between the Taiwan Industrial Fastener Institute and EIFI, which indicated the European Commission was taking a serious interest in possible circumvention via Taiwan. TIFI was emphatic that fastener imports from China to Taiwan over recent years had remained stable, the implication of which would appear to be that any circumvention involves fraudulent movement of fastener product from the mainland to Taiwan.


Japan tunnel investigation finds extensive bolt faults


Investigations following a 130 metre collapse in the Chuo Expressway Sasago Tunnel, which killed nine and injured two people early December, linked the majority of defects to anchor bolts used to secure the concrete ceiling slabs to a steel structure.


1977 and the ceiling reportedly has never undergone major repairs. Earlier reports, The Japan Times says, indicate that bolts securing the ceiling to the roof could not be checked because they were not visible to inspection.


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he Japan Times reports 608 bolts as being described as loose and 22 having partially come away as a result of corrosion. 38 defects were found in bolts used elsewhere in the structure. The tunnel was opened for traffic in


Increases in some Taiwanese wire rod


While China Steel Corporation held domestic list prices for wire rod deliveries during December, other steel suppliers applied increases.


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ieh Hsing, announced a NT$500/tonne (approximately 13 euros) increase for December taking its electric arc furnace produced Al-killed wire rod to NT$22,800/tonne and blast furnace


produced wire rod to NT$21,500/tonne. Feng Hsin and Quintain Steel also applied increases of NT$500/tonne and NT$1,000/tonne respectively.


ccording to a Fastener World magazine report, TFTA President Jim C.N. Chen called on delegates “not to follow the bad example of a Malaysian company, which attempted to export Chinese products to Europe through Taiwan.” Warning that if EU officials discover this conduct dumping duties would be imposed on the companies involved, resulting in damage to the credibility of the Taiwan fastener industry. Tammy Huang said the EU Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) was currently carrying


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