China extends anti-dumping duties on SBR imports for 5 years

15 September 2009 09:50  [Source: ICIS news]

SHANGHAI (ICIS news)--China will continue to levy anti-dumping duties on styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) imports from Japan, South Korea and Russia for another five years, starting from 8 September 2009, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement released on Monday.

After its one-year final judicial review, the ministry said SBR imports from the three countries would hurt the domestic SBR industry if the duties were not levied.

Four domestic SBR producers – Qilu Petrochemical, Shenhua Chemical Industry Co, Jilin Petrochemical and Lanzhou Petrochemical – submitted a petition to the ministry on 10 June 2008.

Domestic producers pressed the government to carry out a final investigation into extending the duties after SBR imports from the three countries received anti-dumping duties from 2003 to 2008, the ministry said.

The current anti-dumping duties on SBR imports from Japan, South Korea and Russia are listed in the table below.

SBR is widely used for producing tyres, rubber tubes, rubber belts, rubber shoes and other rubber products.

Country	Company name	Anti-dumping duty
Japan	Zeon Corp	19%
	JSR Corp	10%
	Asahi Kasei	0%
	All others	33%
South Korea	Kumho Petrochemical	2.9%
	LG Chem	4.15%
	All others	27%
Russia	NCHZ Sterlitamak Corp	14%
	OMSK Kauchuk	23%
	Togliatti Kauchuk	6.81%
	Voronezhsintezkauchuk	4.02%
	All others	38%

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