BEIJING, Sept. 23 -- The European Union has imposed anti-dumping charges of between 14.1 percent and 56.2 percent on certain finished polyester filament fabrics originating from China, according to the Ministry of Commerce.

    The duties were imposed starting Saturday, said an official at the Commerce Ministry¡¯s Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports who declined to be named.

    The latest action by the EU against imports of textiles from China follows an agreement between the two sides this month to unblock millions of Chinese textiles that had been impounded at European borders since imports exceeded their initial quotas.

    Chinese garment imports rose sharply this year following the end of world-wide quotas, prompting a reimposition of restrictions on the imports by China¡¯s trading partners.

    The United States and China will hold another round of talks on textile issues later this month in Washington.

    In the first eight months of this year, the EU was China¡¯s biggest trading partner, with Sino-European trade totaling US$137.9 billion, up 23.5 percent from the year-earlier period, according to China customs data.

    (Source: Shenzhen Daily/Agencies)