WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department announced Tuesday it was imposing preliminary duties ranging from 16.5 to 81 percent on aluminum foil imports from China after finding they were subsidized.

The department “will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from importers of aluminum foil from China based on these preliminary rates,” it quoted Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross saying in a statement.

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