Japan steel industry says China's anti-dumping duties unjust

China's decision to levy anti-dumping duties on electric steel products from Japan was unjust and regrettable, the chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation said on Monday.

"Japan has been explaining that exports of the electric steel products from Japan had caused no injury to local industry, but China has rejected our claims," Kosei Shindo, the chairman of the Japan Iron and Steel Federation, told a news conference.

China, accused of flooding world markets with cheap steel, has started levying anti-dumping duties as high as 46.3 percent on electric steel products imported from Japan, South Korea and the European Union, according to China's official Xinhua news agency.