The U.S. ITC has confirmed an earlier ITA finding that Chinese exporters of refrigerant R-134a had been dumping the product at below cost in the U.S. Producers including Sanmei and TT International will face tariffs of 149%. The petition has taken since March 2016 to get this far, and may provide more reason for Commerce Secretary Ross to accelerate and self-initiate trade cases. Panjiva data shows supplies in January were 66% lower than a year earlier, but doubled in February compared to January. That came as non-Chinese producers such as Galco increased shipments. Notably U.S.-based co...