The China Leather Industry Association (CLIA) plans to hold seminars in two of China’s major footwear manufacturing regions in order to inform producers of the implications of the EU anti-dumping duties which were imposed on Chinese-made goods last October, and to discuss the possibility of requesting a review of the situation.

Set to be held in Wenzhou and Quanzhou in the provinces of Zhejiang and Fujian, the seminars will include presentations by CLIA-appointed lawyers who will explain the key points of EU’s anti-dumping laws as well as presenting footwear statistics for 2006, and the effects caused by the legislation.

Although the EU imposed duties of 16.5% on Chinese footwear for a two-year period in October 2006, Chinese manufacturers are considering requesting a review of the policy after one year.