China begins to levy anti-dumping duties on imported coated art paper produced in the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan Wednesday for a term of five years, the Ministry of Commerce has announced.

Importers of the product originated from the two countries will have to pay duty ranging from 4 percent to 71 percent.

The decision is the final verdict on the anti-dumping measures, says the ministry announcement. A preliminary verdict was made last November.

A Ministry of Commerce investigation found the Chinese art paper industry suffered substantially because of dumping by the two countries.

Meanwhile, an anti-dumping investigation against imports of coated art paper produced in the United States and Finland was canceled and no measures were taken after it found these products were less than 3 percent of the total imports.

Coated art paper is mainly used for publishing color pictorials, advertisements and packaging.

(Xinhua News Agency August 7, 2003)