BEIJING (Oct 29): China plans to impose an anti-dumping tax on imports of the chemical ethanolamine from companies based in the United States, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Thailand, the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

The ministry listed seven different anti-dumping tax rates based on the manufacturers, from as low as 10.1% and to as high as 97.1%.

The ministry plans to impose the tax on companies including Dow Chemical Co, Ineos Americas LLC, Petronas Chemicals Derivatives Sdn Bhd and other companies.

The levies will take effect from Oct 30, the ministry said.