US Trade Body Votes to Lock in High Duties on Chinese Tile Imports

A tile factory at Nanzhuang Township, dubbed the country's top ceramics town, in Foshan of Guangdong Province, China, on Sept. 26, 2008. China Photos/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—The U.S. International Trade Commission on April 30 determined that imports of Chinese ceramic tile are subsidized and sold at less than fair value, materially harming U.S. producers.

The vote by the U.S. trade body locks in U.S. Commerce Department anti-dumping duties of up to 356.02 percent, and anti-subsidy duties of up to 358.81 percent on Chinese imports of a wide range of ceramic tile products. The duties were finalized on March 31.