Anti-dumping duties adjusted on Indonesian, Thai food additives

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Anti-dumping duties adjusted on Indonesian, Thai food additives

(Xinhua) 08:14, August 07, 2013

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China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) will adjust anti-dumping duties on certain food additives imported from Indonesia and Thailand starting Wednesday.

The tariff rate on certain nucleotides used as food additives imported from two Indonesian companies, PT. Cheil Jedang Indonesia and PT. Kirin Miwon Foods, is reset at 93.6 percent, while that on imports from Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd. is put up to 9.9 percent.

The change was made according to the ministry's anti-dumping review at the request of a Chinese company that claimed the original anti-dumping tariffs were too low.

China imposed five-year anti-dumping tariffs on food additives imported from the two countries in September 2010. The tariff rates on products imported from the two Indonesian companies were set at 6.3 percent and 6.9 percent respectively, while that on products imported from Ajinomoto Co., (Thailand) Ltd. was set at 4.8 percent.

In October, the ministry launched a review of anti-dumping tariffs on those products in response to an application from the Chinese company Star Lake Bioscience Co., Inc. Zhaoqing Guangdong.

The additives are mainly used in monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and other condiments to enhance flavor.

（Editor：WangXin、Gao Yinan）