According to the Xinhua News Agency, the US Department of Commerce made a preliminary ruling on the 28th that China's mainland and Taiwan's optical brighteners to the United States have dumped. Ink-Jet Printings,Silica Coating Pigment,Inkjet Printing Of Silica,Silica For Paper And Film Henan Minmetals East New Materials CO. LTD. , https://www.eastmaterials.com
The U.S. Department of Commerce stated in a statement on the same day that, after preliminary rulings, whitening agent manufacturers or exporters in Mainland China and Taiwan had dumping behaviors in the United States selling brighteners, with dumping margins ranging from 106.22% to 141.08% and 12.03 respectively. %.
According to the US procedure, with the exception of the U.S. Department of Commerce, trade remedies need to be decided by another trade administration, the U.S. International Trade Commission. According to the current schedule, the US Department of Commerce will make a final ruling in March 2012, and the International Trade Commission will make a final ruling in April 2012. If the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission both affirmatively declare that such products imported from China will cause material damage or threats to the U.S. related industries, the U.S. Department of Commerce will require the customs to impose anti-dumping duties on related products.
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s documents show that the total value of whitening agents imported by the United States from mainland China and Taiwan in 2010 was 38.9 million U.S. dollars and 18.9 million U.S. dollars, respectively.