United States imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel grating panels

Xinhua Washington, December 29 (reporter Lina Liu Hong) The U.S. Department of Commerce 29th preliminary ruling, the import of steel grating from China levy anti-dumping duties.　　In a statement, the Commerce Department said it would impose a 14.36% anti-dumping duty on steel grids for 4 Chinese producers and exporters and a 145.18% anti-dumping duty on steel gratings for other Chinese producers and exporters.　　The statement said that in 2008 China exported steel grating to the United States about 90.7 million U.S. dollars. The U.S. Department of Commerce launched Anti-dumping and countervailing investigations against Chinese steel grating panels in June this year, and October 27 initially ruled that a 7.44% countervailing duty should be levied on steel grating panels in China.　　The U.S. Department of Commerce may make a final ruling on the case in April 2010. China has expressed its strong opposition to the US approach. Chinese Ministry of Commerce officials have previously said that the approach to the United States and the international community to send false protectionist signals, will seriously affect the interests of downstream users of the U.S. steel industry, damaging the normal trade in steel products and products between the United States and China. China will pay close attention to the anti-dumping and countervailing investigations conducted by the US Trade Relief Investigation Agency and reserve the right to resort to the WTO dispute settlement mechanism.