Posted on 14 Nov 2019
Brazil has extended its definitive anti-dumping measures on imports of carbon steel heavy plate from China, Ukraine, South Africa and South Korea for up to 5 years starting from 2 October. This is according to a document from the local foreign trade secretariat of the Brazilian Ministry of Industry (Secex/MDIC) monitored by Kallanish.
The duties on plate covered carbon steels over 4.75mm thick and over 600mm wide classified under the Brazilian ‘Nomenclatura Comum do MERCOSUL’ (NCM) code as 7208.51.00 and 7208.52.00.
According to the decision, Brazil applies duties for Chinese origin heavy plate of $211.56/tonne, while Ukrainian origin imports are at $52.02/t. Tariffs for plates form South Africa and South Korea are at $166.63/t and $135.84/t, respectively.
The Special secretariat for foreign trade, however, suspended the application of anti-dumping duty to South Africa after its extension. This is because there are doubts as to the likely future development of imports of the product subject to anti-dumping duty, the Secex/MDIC confirms.
The investigation was originally launched following a request from local producer Usiminas. The measures were first imposed in October 2013 after the Brazilian authorities noted that there is sufficient evidence of damage to domestic production of the said products.
