EU imposes temporary anti-dumping duties on melamine

On November 16, 2010, the European Commission issued an announcement to impose an interim anti-dumping tax on China’s loss of melamine in Europe. Three responding companies were respectively ruled, the tax rate was 44.9%-49%, and other enterprises had a unified tax rate of 65.2%. The European Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation on melamine produced in China on February 17, 2010. 45 companies involved, a total of 5 companies responded. In 2009, the amount of melamine exported to Europe was US$ 18.27 million.