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BEIJING, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's top economic planner said Wednesday it had fined 18 manufacturers of poly vinyl chloride (PVC) a total of 457 million yuan (69 million U.S. dollars) for manipulating market prices.


The 18 companies collaborated to raise PVC prices in 2016 Cheap Al Woods Jersey , causing obvious price hikes in the market, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said.


Their behavior harmed the market competition order, the profit margins for downstream PVC users and consumers' interests, said the NDRC.


Each of the 18 companies was required to pay between 1 and 2 percent of their annual revenue as a fine.


These companies' PVC production accounted for three quarters of the country's total last year.


They reached 13 price monopoly agreements.


Hubei Yihua Group and China National Salt Industry Corporation Jilantai Salt Chemical Group played a leading role and proposed six meetings to discuss price hikes.


PVC products are widely used in building materials as well as medical and household appliances.


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PRAGUE, June 28 (Xinhua) -- Czech cyclist Roman Kreuziger is facing disciplinary proceedings by the International Cycling Union (UCI) over discrepancies in his biological passport in 2011 and 2012, said Kreuziger's team Tinkoff-Saxo.


The team suspended Kreuziger for further cycling races Cheap Jabaal Sheard Jersey , including the forthcoming Tour de France before further information appears.


According to the UCI Anti-Doping Foundation (CAFD), the values from Kreuziger's biological passport between March and August 2011 and in the period from April 2012 to the end of the Giro d'Italia at the end of May 2012 had revealed some anomalies. Kreuziger was employed by the Kazakh Astana at that time. The UCI informed Kreuziger about the suspicion in June 2013.


Kreuziger has denied himself of any doping practices. "I have informed the team that I did not take any banned substances and did not use any banned methods, I am ready to face any different claims," said Kreuziger on his web page. He said he determined to use all legal ways to prove the truth as soon as possible.


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