(Yicai Global) Sept. 3 -- China's commerce ministry will implement anti-dumping measures on imports of a form of butanol from Taiwan, Malaysia and the United States in the form of cash deposits from tomorrow.

A preliminary ruling found that the imports ofbutan-1-olfrom the three countries constitute dumping and damage the domestic industry.

Butan-1-ol produced by Oxea in the US will be subjected to a 52.3 percent anti-dumping deposit, while those of other American firms will be charged at a 139.8 percent rate. Deposits for Malaysian and Taiwan exporters will be between 12.7 percent and 26.7 percent, and between 6 percent and 56.1 percent, respectively.

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