China slaps anti dumping probe on an Indian chemical's imports

BEIJING: China has launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Indian tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), an organic compound used widely in food industry.


The Commerce Ministry said it has received requests from domestic TBHQ producers, accusing Indian manufacturers of dumping the product on the Chinese market and calling for an inquiry.

The ministry will consider whether Indian companies have sold TBHQ at an artificially low price in China and any consequences that the action may have brought to Chinese businesses, state-run news agency Xinhua reported.

The investigation is expected to take at least a year, and may be extended to February, 2015.

TBHQ is an aromatic organic compound widely used in the food industry as anti-oxidation for vegetable oil, many edible animal fats, roasted food, fried food and other meat products.

It is also used as a stabiliser for insecticide, as well as an intermediate for dyes and pharmaceutical.

This is the second anti-dumping probe on Indian imports this month by China.

On August 14 China has launched anti-dumping probe against the single-mode optical fiber imports from India.

The Commerce Ministry said that it has launched an anti- dumping investigation into single-mode optical fibers imported from India in response to a petition filed by the domestic industry.

The Ministry will investigate whether Indian companies have sold single-mode optical fibers at an artificially low price in China and damaged Chinese businesses, an official statement here said today.

Single-mode optical fibers are mainly used in high-rate and long-distance transmissions for TV cables and Internet networks.