The Ministry of Commerce recently issued a bulletin saying that since December 29, 2018, it has imposed anti-dumping duties on imported n-butanol originating in Taiwan, Malaysia and the United States.
Among them, the anti-dumping tax rate of Taiwan Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. in Taiwan is 6%, and that of other Taiwan companies is 56.1%; the anti-dumping tax rate of Eurasian companies in the United States is 52.2%, that of Eastman Chemical Company, Dow Chemical Company, Basf Company and other American companies is 139.3%; and the marketing of Malaysian Petrochemical Derivatives Company/Malaysian Petrochemical Company (Na) Fujian) Limited has an anti-dumping tax rate of 12.7%, while Basf Malaysian National Petroleum Chemicals Private Limited, Obertimo Malaysian Chemicals and other Malaysian companies have a tax rate of 26.7%.
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On December 29, 2017, the Ministry of Commerce decided to conduct an anti-dumping investigation on imported n-butanol originating in Taiwan, Malaysia and the United States.
N-butanol is an important organic chemical raw material. It is mainly used in the production of downstream products such as butyl acrylate, butyl acetate, dibutyl phthalate, butylamine and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether. It is widely used in coatings, textile auxiliaries, plasticizers and other fields. N-butanol is also an extractant of oils, biochemicals and spices, an additive of alkyd resin coatings, and also used in the manufacture of surfactants.
In recent years, with the rapid development of domestic paint industry, domestic paint raw material enterprises have also grown up, and can independently produce and develop a variety of high-quality products. However, there is still a big gap between the development of downstream derivatives of n-butanol with high added value and high technology content and that of foreign countries. Some derivatives with special performance and high added value still need to be imported.
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