Accordingly, the EC has decided to impose a definitive antidumping duty and to collect definitively the provisional duty imposed on imports of wire rod originating from China, and to terminate the proceeding concerning imports of wire rod originating in Moldova and Turkey.
According to the data provided by Eurostat, the statistics office of the European Union, dumped imports from China increased significantly from around 70,000 mt in 2004 to 1.1 million mt in the investigation period covering April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008, i.e. increased by almost seventeen times. These imports peaked in 2007, after which they showed a slightly declining trend in line with the evolution of EU consumption. In addition, China increased its share of the EU wire rod market to five percent in the 12 months through March 2008 compared to 0.3 percent in 2004.
Therefore, the EC determined that the rate of the definitive antidumping duty applicable to the imports of the wire rod originating in China produced by the companies below shall be as follows:
Country | Company | Duty (%) |
China | Valin Group | 7.9 |
China | All other companies | 24.0 |
The definitive antidumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of bars and rods, hot rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron, non-alloy steel or alloy steel other than of stainless steel originating in China, falling within CN codes 7213 10 00, 7213 20 00, 7213 91 10, 7213 91 20, 7213 91 41, 7213 91 49, 7213 91 70, 7213 91 90, 7213 99 10, 7213 99 90, 7227 10 00, 7227 20 00, 7227 90 10, 7227 90 50 and 7227 90 95. The duties will take effect after publication in the EU's Official Journal by Aug 7, 2009.
In view of the findings regarding imports originating in Moldova and Turkey, the EC has revised its provisional decision regarding Moldova and determined that the proceeding with respect to Moldova should be terminated as in the case of Turkey.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, in contrast to Turkey, Moldova faced a provisional duty. The EU importers will be reimbursed the duty in question, which was 3.7 percent, while the initial duties against China were as high as 24.6 percent, and the EU importers will be reimbursed the difference with the lower final rates.