(Yicai Global) July 29 -- China's Ministry of Commerce has begun an anti-subsidy investigation into N-propanol imported from the United States, it said today.

The probe will cover imports received through 2018 and industrial damage caused from 2015 through 2018.

N-propanol is used across a range of industries, including food packaging production, lithium battery making for new-energy vehicles and macrolide antibiotics. It can also be used as a solvent in coatings, paints, adhesives, cosmetics, plastics and fungicides.

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