Mexico’s economy secretariat, SE, has started an AD investigation on imports of coated flat steel from China and Taiwan.
The decision was published Thursday in the nation’s official gazette, Diario Oficial, following a request from local producer Ternium Mexico, which said imports grew considerably between January 2012 and April 2015, harming the nation’s steel industry.
On its request, Ternium asked SE to investigate both provisional and definite levies on the imports of the product.
SE said the period of review for the imports of coated flat steel from the two countries start on May 1, 2014, and end on April 30, 2015, while the period of analysis goes from May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2015.
The product subject to the antidumping probe currently falls under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 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.
China and Taiwan will have 23 business days to comment the investigation.
Ultimately, Mexico has been taking steps to protect its struggling steel industry. Measures include AD probes, provisional and definite duties for imported steel.