WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department on Thursday said it will set preliminary anti-dumping duties on tin-plated steel from Canada, Germany and China, in a move to shield domestic steelmakers that will prompt warnings of higher prices for cans made from the steel and the foods, paint and other products they contain.
The department said it will propose preliminary anti-dumping duties of 122.5% on tin mill steel imported from China, 7.02% on imports from Germany and 5.29% on imports from Canada.
No duties will be imposed on the steel -- used in cans for food, paint, aerosol products and other containers-- imported from Britain, the Netherlands, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey, Commerce added.
A bipartisan letter from members of Congress in June also argued that high anti-dumping duties would raise costs for canned packaging for food, aerosol products and could help Chinese producers of canned goods, leading to increased canned food imports from China.
Reporting by David Lawder and Susan Heavey; Editing by Chizu NomiyamaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
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