European Commission has decided to impose a fixed tax on each ton of hot-rolled iron, alloyed and unalloyed steel originating from Ukraine, Russia, Iran and Brazil instead of minimal import prices. The fixed tax per ton will become the final protection against hot-rolled metal imports from these countries. The tax for Russian manufacturers will be…
Egypt decided to prolong temporarily antidumping duties on rebars, produced in Ukraine, Turkey and China, for 2 months. The size of the duty is 15-27% CIF for Ukraine, 10-19% CIF for Turkey and 17% CIF for China. Egypt introduced duties on imported rebars in June for 4 months. The decision was taken to protect local…
Ukraine has launched a complaint against Kazakhstan’s use of antidumping duties on certain types of steel pipes imported from Ukraine, the World Trade Organization said. Ukraine has formally “requested consultations” with Kazakhstan, the first step in a trade dispute, which opens a 60-day window for Kazakhstan to settle the matter or face potential litigation. The…
The U.S. Department of Commerce continues an antidumping duty investigation into imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod, originated Ukraine, Belarus, Italy, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and UK. The U.S. Department of Commerce said on September 15, that it was aligning the final determinations in the…
The Trade Committee of South Korea has imposed antidumping duties on ferrosilicomanganese from Ukraine, India and Vietnam. The duty in the volume of 4.06-19.06% is set for 5 years. Since May 31 preliminary duties in the volume of 6.08-32.32% have been in effect in South Korea. According to the Committee, in 2015 the country consumed…
The US Ministry of Trade has approved of the size of preliminary antidumping duties on wire rod from Russia, Belarus and UAE. Duty for Russian wire rod will reach 436.8-756.93%, which is a record in American antidumping investigations on steel market for the past several years. Belarus Iron and Steel Works was hit with the…
The Eurasian Economic Commission department of the local market protection has prolonged the antidumping investigation on the imports of hot-rolled steel angles from Ukraine. The investigation term has been prolonged until October 10. In early July the investigation proved the existence of dumping. It was suggested to impose an import duty of 37.89% on the…
The Ministry of economy and trade of Mexico has set up preliminary compensation duties on imports of seamless steel pipes from Ukraine, as well as South Korea, Spain and India. Duty for Ukrainian pipe makers is $170.11 per ton. The antidumping investigation began on December 15, 2016, and covers the time frame from April 1,…
