WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Departmentsaid on Thursday it made a final antidumping and countervailingduty determination to impose duties on imports of silicon metalfrom Australia, Brazil, Norway and Kazakhstan. The department said it imposed antidumping duties of 41.73percent to 51.28 percent for imports from Australia, 68.97percent to 134.92 percent for imports from Brazil, and 3.22percent for imports from Norway. It said in a statement that it also imposed countervailingduties of 14.78 percent for imports from Australia, 2.44 percentto 52.51 percent for imports from Brazil, and 100 percent forimports from Kazakhstan.
In 2016, imports of silicon metal from Australia were valuedat $33.9 million, from Brazil at $60 million, from Kazakhstan at$17.5 million, and Norway at $26.1 million, the statement said. (Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
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