China ended a 16-month-long anti-dumping investigation on
butanol imported from Russia, the United States, the European
Union, South Africa, Malaysia, and Japan on Friday, said the
Ministry of Commerce.
The ministry ruled that the case was an example of dumping but,
as no substantial harm was caused to the domestic butanol industry,
no measures would be imposed.
Butanol is an organic chemical product mainly used to make
plasticizers and organic solvents.
(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2007)