The European Commission (EC) has officially announced anti-dumping duties on disposable gas-fuelled pocket lighters imported from Vietnam, local media reported Thursday.

Accordingly, under EC's latest decision, lighters made in China and then transported to Vietnam to evade anti-dumping duties will be subject to a tax rate of 0.065 euros per unit.

Products that were exported to the European market from June 27 to December 13, 2012 are also included in the EC's anti-dumping list.

Earlier, the EC launched investigations into Vietnamese and Chinese gas lighter producers and exporters. Results showed a sharp increase in gas lighters imported from Vietnam into the European market since 1997. Specifically in 2011, they made up 84 percent of all European lighter imports.

During the reviewed period, Vietnam also increased its gas lighter imports from China, from 3 percent in 1999 to 26 percent in 2010, reported Vietnam News. Endi

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