On September 19, the European Commission announced on the Official Journal of the European Union the imposition of a provisional antidumping duty (AD) on certain organic coated flat steel products originating in China, expiring in six months.
The proceeding was initiated as a result of a complaint lodged on November 7, 2011 by EUROFER, representing a major proportion, in this case more than 70 percent, of total EU-27 production.
The product subject to investigation is certain organic coated steel products, i.e. flat-rolled products of non-alloy and alloy steel (not including stainless steel) which are painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, excluding so-called ‘sandwich panels’ of a kind used for building applications, and excluding those products with a final coating of zinc-dust.
Antidumping duty rates vary between 13.2 and 57.8 percent depending on the producer/exporter. The product covered by the proceeding currently falls within CN codes ex 7210 70 80, ex 7212 40 80, ex 7225 99 00 and ex 7226 99 70.