Turkey’s Ministry of Economy has announced that it has revised the dumping margins for hot rolled (HR) flat steel imports from China, France, Japan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Accordingly, the dumping margins for the Russian steelmakers Magnitosgorsk Iron and Steel Works, Novolipetsk Steel and Severstal have been revised as 13.66 percent, 9.42 percent and 12.43 percent respectively. For the other incumbent companies in Russia, the dumping margins will be announced later. In addition, the dumping margins for Ukrainian producers Ilyich Iron and Steel Works Mariupol and Zaporizhsky Integrated Iron and Steel have been revised as zero percent and 1.12 percent, respectively.
Meanwhile, the dumping margins for certain producers stand at zero percent for Romania, at 6.95-8.9 percent for Japan, 15.47-35.15 percent for China, 0.42 percent for France, and 7.02-9.8 percent for Slovakia. However, for other incumbent companies in Japan, China and Slovakia, the dumping margins will also be announced later.
The antidumping (AD) duty investigation period, which was between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014, has also been extended and will cover the first six months of 2015. With the final decision, the antidumping duties can be levied retroactively on the registered imports.
The products subject to antidumping duty investigation currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7208.37.00.90.11, 7208.37.00.90.19, 7208.38.00.90.11, 7208.38.00.90.19, 7208.39.00.90.11, 7208.39.00.90.19 and 7225.30.90.00.00.