U.S. Final AD Ruling on Chinese Optical Whitening Agents

25/03/2012 12:00 - 393 Views

On March 20, 2012, U.S. Department of Commerce announced a final anti-dumping (AD) ruling on optical whitening agents made in China mainland and Chinese Taiwan (see the table below).

As per the procedure, U.S. International Trade Commission will make a relevant final ruling of industrial injury on May 3 this year; if the injury ruling is affirmative, the Department of Commerce will issue the anti-dumping duty order on the Chinese products.

On April 20 last year, the Department started the anti-dumping probe under HS Codes: 32042080.00, 29336960.50, 29215940.00, 29215980.90.

Source: e-to-china.comOn November 3 last year, the Department preliminarily ruled that the anti-dumping duty at 106.22%-141.08% should be levied on Chinese enterprises involved.

U.S. Final Anti-Dumping Ruling on Chinese Optical Whitening Agents

Origin	Producer/Exporter	Dumping Margin (%)
China Mainland	Zhejiang Hongda Chemicals Co., Ltd.	95.29
	Zhejiang Transfar Whyyon Chemical Co., Ltd.	63.98
	General Mainland	109.95
Chinese Taiwan	Teh Fong Min International Co., Ltd.	6.20
Chinese Taiwan	General Taiwanese (incl. Sun Rise Chemical Ind. Co., Ltd.)	6.20