The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has imposed a preliminary antidumping (AD) duty on imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel imports from China.
Accordingly, the provisional antidumping duty rates range between 17.2 percent and 28.5 percent for Chinese companies.
The investigation was launched on December 9, 2016, upon the complaint from the European Steel Association (EUROFER). Meanwhile, on July 8 this year, the commission made imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products originating in China subject to registration as of July 9. The registration request was also made by the European Steel Association (EUROFER), which requested that imports of the product concerned be made subject to registration so that measures may subsequently be applied against those imports from the date of such registration.
The products subject to preliminary antidumping duty currently fall within CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30 and ex 7226 99 70.
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Country |
Exporter/Producer |
Dumping margin |
Preliminary AD duty rate |
|
China |
HBIS: — Hesteel Co., Ltd Handan Branch — Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co., Ltd — Hesteel Co., Ltd Tangshan Branch — Tangshan Iron & Steel Group High Strength Automotive Strip Co., Ltd |
61.2% |
23.5% |
|
Shougang group: — Beijing Shougang Cold Rolling Co., Ltd — Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co., Ltd |
46.2% |
17.2% |
|
|
Shagang group: — Zhangjiagang Shagang Dongshin Galvanized Steel Sheet Co., Ltd — Zhangjiagang Yangtze River Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd |
56.7% |
28.5% |
|
|
Other cooperating companies |
57.4% |
23.4% |
|
|
All other companies |
61.2% |
28.5% |