KIEV, July 31 – Ukraine has prolonged for two months an antidumping investigation into syringe imports from Spain, Germany, China, Britain, and Northern Ireland, which was started on July 23, 2008.

According to a decision of the Interdepartmental Commission on Foreign Trade of July 21, which was printed in government newspaper Uriadovy Kurier on July 30, the decision was made due to the need to further study information provided by the Health Ministry which was not given during the investigation.