China has started an anti-dumping investigation probe into imports from the United States of certain monoalkyl ethers of ethylene glycol and propylene glycol widely used in automobile brake fluid and deicing products for aircraft fuel, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.

The launch of the probe followed a call for an investigation made by Jiangsu Yida Chemical Co. and its units made on July 17 on behalf of domestic industry, according to the ministry. 

The probe is scheduled to be completed by August 31, 2021, but may extend to February 28, 2022, under special circumstances, it added.