The?Ministry of
Commerce said Tuesday it was imposing anti-dumping duties of 2
-151 percent on chloroprene rubber imported from the United States,
the European Union and Japan.
The duties will remain in effect for five years.
Chloroprene rubber is mainly used in producing housing for
electrical wiring and cables, rubber tubing and as a raw material
for various waterproofing products.
Chinese importers of chloroprene rubber from Japan's Tosoh Corp.
were levied with an anti-dumping duty of 2 percent, while importers
from Germany’s Lanxess Deutschland GmbH and France's Polimeri
Europa Elastomeres France S.A. were levied with duties of 11
percent and 53 percent respectively.
The statement didn't provide reasons for the different duty
levels. Chinese customs, meanwhile, imposed a 151 percent
anti-dumping duty on chloroprene rubber imports from other
Japanese, E.U. and U.S. companies.
The Commerce Ministry said in the statement that chloroprene
rubber imports from the U.S., E.U. and Japan did "substantial
damage" to the domestic industry, without elaborating.
The ministry began investigating the issue Nov. 10, 2003, in
response to appeals by Chong-qing Changshou Chemicals Co. and
Shanxi Synthetic Rubber Group Co., two major chloroprene rubber
producers.
(Shenzhen Daily May 11, 2005)