China/Taiwan Brightening Agents: Final AD Rates Announced

The International Trade Administration issued a fact sheet on May 20, 2012 announcing its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping investigations of certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from China and Taiwan (A-570-972 and A-583-848, respectively). According to the ITA's fact sheet, the final AD rates for China range from 63.98% to 109.95%, and the final AD rate for Taiwan for both the only respondent and all other producer/exporters is 6.2%.

(See ITT’s Online Archives 11110310 and 11110309 for preliminary determinations for China and Taiwan, respectively. See ITT’s Online Archives 11042732 for initiation of these investigations.)