Turkey’s Ministry of Economy has announced its preliminary decision in the antidumping (AD) duty investigation against hot rolled (HR) flat steel imports from China, France, Japan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine. Preliminary AD duties will be collected from the imports in question.
Accordingly, the dumping margins stand at zero percent for Romania, zero percent-3.76 percent for Russia, zero percent-0.22 percent for Ukraine, 6.95 percent-8.9 percent for Japan, 15.47 percent-35.15 percent for China, 0.42 percent for France and 7.02 percent-9.8 percent for Slovakia.
The investigation was launched following the application by local producers Erdemir, Toscelik and Colakoğlu, also supported by Isdemir and Habas.
The products subject to antidumping duty investigation currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7208.37.00.90.11, 7208.37.00.90.19, 7208.38.00.90.11, 7208.38.00.90.19, 7208.39.00.90.11, 7208.39.00.90.19 and 7225.30.90.00.00.