Domestic iron producer steamed over declared prices of Chinese imports

Polish iron producer Dezal from Nowa Deba is demanding the Polish government decrease import quotas of irons from China. "We produce only a tenth of what we produced six years ago. We lose market share, because our products are pushed out by Chinese products," said Dezal president Jan Nizio. According to him imported irons are two or even four times cheaper than those produced in Poland, despite customs duties of 12%. "The declared price of Chinese irons is $0.6-$0.7 and this is not even dumping, it is cheating," said Nizio. Dezal is demanding the import quota be decreased from 650,000 to 150,000. According to Nizio irons are not the only problem of Polish companies. Other cheap products imported from China flood the market. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 21)