Ukrmetallurgprom suggests the Ministry of economic development and trade to initiate a special investigation as to the metal imports, as the European Union did in March.
According to the enterprise president Alexander Kalenkov, this will help protect the domestic market from the large-scale and abusive imports of metal products, mostly from China, in the segment of galvanized sheet and polymer-coated rolled metal.
“This is abnormal when the imports have grown by 23%. In 2017 domestic market grew by 6.6%, while in Q1 2018 – by 30%. Moreover, this is Chinese rolled metal, which is not only sold at dumping prices, but also of inferior quality. It is so bad, that it has to be replaced in 2-3 years”, Kalenkov said. (Ukrainian metal)