UK: Anti-dumping duties dent Clarks FY profits
Author: just-style.com | 3 May 2007
Footwear maker C&J Clark has blamed the "unprecedented hike" in anti-dumping duties imposed by the European Union on footwear imported from Vietnam and China for a 3.5% dip in full-year profit.
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