China's Ministry of Commerce said Friday that it would impose anti-dumping duty on ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether imported from the US and European Union with effect from July 28.
Imports from US companies will be imposed with anti-dumping duty of 15.1% except for shipments from Eastman Chemical Company, The Dow Chemical Company and Equistar Chemicals, which will be imposed with duty of 10.1%, 12.5% and 11.5%, respectively.
Imports from European companies will be imposed with anti-dumping duty of 14.9% except for shipments from Sasol Germany, Sasol Solvents Germany, INEOS Chemicals Lavera and BASF, which will face duty of 0%, 13%, 9.3% and 18.8%, respectively.
The Chinese government conducted an investigation on November 18, 2011 and determined that imports from the US and EU caused material damage to the domestic industry, the ministry said in a statement.
Ethylene gylcol monobutyl ether and diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, which are downstream from monoethylene glycol, are widely used as a solvent in coatings, inks, cleaners and specialty fluids.
