China to continue anti-dumping tariff on Indian fibre optic products
The review will take up to a year, the ministry said on Wednesday in a statement.
China first imposed the tariffs in 2014 and had extended them in August 2020.
(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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