RI eludes U.S. dumping charge

RI eludes U.S. dumping charge

JAKARTA (JP): The United States Embassy in Jakarta announced
on Wednesday that the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC)
has rejected a proposal to impose antidumping duties on imports
of expandable polystyrene resins from Indonesia.

It said in a statement that the commissioners determined that
the evidence of injury to U.S. industries did not suffice to
allow investigations to continue.

As a result, the USITC and Commerce Department of the United
States will close investigations and no antidumping duties will
be imposed, the embassy said.

U.S. imports of polystyrene beads from Indonesia amounted to
$3.6 million in 1999, or about 1.1 percent of the U.S. market.
(tnt)