Italian Tomato Groups Dumped Products In Australia, Regulator Says

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Three Italian manufacturers dumped herb products successful Australia, nan country’s anti-dumping regulator has said.

Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission has been examining nan imports of prepared and preserved tomatoes into nan state aft section nutrient group SPC Global Holdings lodged a title past year.

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The Commission has weighed up allegations of nan “dumping and subsidisation” of nan products and, successful a 172-page “statement of basal facts”, has group retired its early findings.

In nan report, nan Commission said it was “preliminarily satisfied” De Clemente, IMCA and Mutti exported dumped equipment to Australia betwixt 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024.

The watchdog has recovered La Doria did not dump products successful nan state and has projected ending nan investigation into nan company.

Meanwhile, nan Commission said each 4 exporters from Italy received countervailable subsidises connected equipment exported to Australia.

However, according to nan report, the level of subsidisation received by each 4 companies “in respect of nan equipment was negligible”. The watchdog has projected ending this portion of nan investigation.

It added: “The Commissioner preliminarily considers that, astatine this constituent successful nan investigation based connected nan grounds earlier nan Commissioner and, having assessed different factors successful nan Australian marketplace for prepared aliases preserved tomatoes successful which nan Australian manufacture competes, imports of dumped and/or subsidised equipment from Italy person had an effect connected SPC’s economical information but worldly wounded to nan Australian manufacture has not been caused by those imports.”

Interested parties person 20 days from nan report’s publication to supply submissions.

In a statement, SPC Global managing head Robert Iervasi said: “SPC respects nan process but is disappointed pinch nan first findings. We stay committed to adjacent title and ensuring a level playing section for Australian manufacturers and growers.”

He added: “We will reappraisal nan connection of basal facts successful item and will proceed to prosecute constructively pinch nan Commission done nan remaining stages of nan investigation.”

Just Food has approached De Clemente, IMCA and Mutti for comment.