Posted on 13 Nov 2019
Brazil has begun a thirty-day period for the receipt of statements over a request for the reapplication of anti-dumping measures on imports of hot-rolled coil originating from China and Russia. This was announced by the local foreigner trade chamber (Camex) and published by the country’s Official Gazette, Diário Oficial da União, on 23 October, Kallanish notes.
Measures were first decided in January 2018 for a period of up to five years. Nevertheless, these were not applied in 2018 and 2019 due to public interest and until after any impact on the national economy had been analysed.
The investigation began in July 2016, following a request from ArcelorMittal, CSN and Gerdau, after the steelmakers reported dumping margins of $256.35/tonne for Chinese and Russia-origin coils.
The companies involved in the investigation were the Chinese groups Hebei, Bengang, Baosteel and Ma’anshan Iron & Steel Company, as well as Russia’s Severstal.
The investigated flat-rolled products, of alloy or non-alloy steel, are with a width of 600 mm or more, hot-rolled sheets with a thickness of less than 4,75 mm, or in coils of any thickness. These products are classified under HS codes: 7208.10.00, 7208.25.00, 7208.26.10, 7208.26.90, 7208.27.10, 7208.27.90, 7208.36.10, 7208.36.90, 7208.37.00, 7208.38.10, 7208.38.90, 7208.39.10, 7208.39.90, 7208.40.00, 7208.53.00, 7208.54.00, 7208.90.00, 7225.30.00 and 7225.40.90.
