Mexico’s economy secretariat, SE, has applied provisional anti-dumping (AD) duties on both Chinese and Taiwanese coated flat steel imports, according to a filing Friday at the nation’s official gazette, Diario Oficial Federal (DOF).
According to SE, imports of Taiwanese coated flats from CSC and all other Taiwan-based exporters will pay a $0.5630 per kilogram tariff.
As for the Chinese imports of the product coming from Tangshan, Baoshan and Beijing Shougang, the provisional levies will be $0.4385/kg, $0.1926/kg and $0.3468/kg, respectively.
Additionally, Chinese exporter Shougang Jingtang will pay a $0.4188/kg duty, while all the other exporting companies should pay a $0.4385/kg tariff.
SE added that while the provisional levies are applied, it will continue its AD probe on the imports of the product for the two mentioned countries.
SE said the products subject to the provisional levies and to the on-going AD investigation follow under the following HS codes: 7210.30.01, 7210.30.99, 7210.41.01, 7210.41.99, 7210.49.01, 7210.49.02, 7210.49.03, 7210.49.04, 7210.49.99, 7210.61.01, 7210.70.01, 7210.70.99, 7212.20.01, 7212.20.02, 7212.20.99, 7212.30.01, 7212.30.02, 7212.30.99, 7212.40.03, 7212.40.99, 7225.91.01, 7225.92.01, 7226.99.01, 7226.99.02, 9802.00.01, 9802.00.02, 9802.00.03, 9802.00.04, 9802.00.06, 9802.00.07, 9802.00.10, 9802.00.13, 9802.00.15 and 9802.00.19.