The Malaysian government has announced that it has decided to impose a preliminary antidumping (AD) duty against alloyed and non-alloyed cold rolled coil (CRC) imports from China, South Korea and Vietnam. However, the government also stated that there is no dumping margin in the imports of the mentioned products exported from Chinese producers Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd and Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd, and from South Korean producer POSCO.
Accordingly, the preliminary dumping duty rates range from 4.58 percent to 23.78 percent for the three countries.
The government stated that the final determination would be made no later than May 23, 2016.
The products subject to antidumping duty investigation currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7209.15.00, 7209.16.00, 7209.17.00, 7209.18.29, 7209.18.90 and 7225.50.00.