Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated an antidumping (AD) investigation regarding steel railway wheels imports from China and France and a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation for the same products imported from China.
The application lodged by Commonwealth Steel Company Pty Ltd, a manufacturer of certain railway wheels in Australia, claims that the goods have been exported to Australia from both China and France at prices less than their normal value, and that countervailable subsidies have been received in respect of the goods exported from China. The application also alleges that the dumping and subsidization has caused material injury to the Australian industry.
The investigation will cover the period between January 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017.
The goods in question are forged and rolled steel, high hardness, nominal 38-inch (or 966 mm to 970 mm) diameter, railway wheels, whether or not including alloys and currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Number 8607.19.00.