Beijing, April 19: China is set to impose temporary anti-dumping measures on imports of synthetic rubber from the US, the EU and Singapore, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.
The statement said that a Ministry investigation that began in August concluded that US, European and Singaporean vendors of synthetic rubber had set a price 26-66.5 per cent below the cost value, which amounted to dumping, Efe news reported.
"In response to the application of domestic halogenated butyl rubber industry, the Ministry of Commerce issued an announcement on August 30, deciding to initiate an anti-dumping investigation," the Chinese Ministry said in the statement.
In order to prevent losses to the domestic sector, the Ministry said it decided to impose a tariff on the import of the product, which would vary according to the level of dumping carried out by each company.
The measure, which will come into effect on Friday, is the first of its kind on the product, although it could be followed by other announcements.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
