Russia has asked the World Trade Organization (WTO) to form an arbiter panel in its dispute with the E.U. on the union’s anti-dumping duty on cold-rolled steel imports, the Economic Development Ministry said. The duties, introduced in 2016, amount to 18.7% for products of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK), to 34% for Severstal, and…
The department of the inner market protection of the Eurasian Economic Committee has started a special investigation on the imports of welded pipes made of corrosion-resistant steel. In particular, the department will be investigating the imports of pipes and tubes with the outer diameter of 6 to 115 mm and wall thickness of 0.4 to…
Thailand has lifted a special protective duty it imposed on imports of Russian alloyed hot-rolled steel, the Economic Development Ministry said. “Alloyed hot-rolled steel from Russia now has access to the Thai markets. The kingdom has submitted a notification on conclusion of revision of the protective measures to the World Trade Organization,” the statement read.…
The Department of the domestic market protection of the Eurasian Economic Commission has initiated another antidumping investigation of the delivery of forged steel rolls for metal-rolling mills originating from Ukraine. The investigation has been initiated because the antidumping measures have expired. The basis for the investigation is that in January-September 2018 deliveries of Ukrainian rolls…
Ukrainian manufacturers of galvanized rolled metal await the implementation of the preliminary protective measures on the import of these products from China and Russia. According to the executive director of the Ukrainian Center of Steel Construction, Vyacheslav Kolesnik, in August-September 2018 the imports of Chinese galvanized metal reached their peak, but after that dropped sharply.…
Ukrainian galvanized metal manufacturers have been harmed by the increase in imports from China and Russia. According to Metinvest Holding marketing director Roman Kurashev, unless state authorities take measures, the situation could worsen. “Following the protective measures taken by Europe, US, Canada and Turkey, we expect a considerable increase of imports from China and Russia,…
The US Department of Trade will keep the antidumping duties on the delivery of construction steel rebars from Ukraine and some other countries. The third revision of the duty terms was initiated on June 1. On December 7 the results were published. US still believe that the cancellation of the duties will result in the…
The Department of Trade has decided to prolong the antidumping duties on ferrosilicomanganese from Ukraine. The duty is prolonged for 5 more years. The size of the duty is 163%. This was the fourth 5-year review of the duty since 1994. (Ukrainian metal)