China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) has announced that it has imposed preliminary antidumping (AD) duty on grain-oriented flat rolled electrical steel (GOES) imports from Japan, South Korea and the European Union (EU). Accordingly, the preliminary antidumping duties range from 14.5 percent to 46.3 percent.
The MOC stated that the mentioned imports from Japan, South Korea and the EU caused substantial damage to the domestic industry.
The products subject to preliminary AD duty currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7225.11.00 and 7226.11.00.