The European Commission (EC) has announced the definitive results of its antidumping (AD) investigation on the imports of certain iron, non-alloy or other alloy hot rolled steel from Egypt, Japan and Vietnam, and the termination of the investigation on imports thereof originating from India. The investigation covered the period between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024.
The investigation was initially launched in August 2024 upon the request of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), claiming that there was evidence of dumping and of resulting material injury that was sufficient to justify the initiation of the investigation. In April this year, the commission decided to impose provisional antidumping AD measures, except for India, in order to prevent further injury to the domestic industry caused by the dumped imports.
The definitive antidumping duties have been determined at 11.7 percent for Ezz Steel Company and all other Egyptian companies; 6.9 percent for Tokyo Steel, 29.8 percent for Daido Steel and JFE Steel, and 30.0 percent for Nippon Steel, and 12.1 percent for Formosa Ha Tinh Steel and all other Vietnamese companies.
Additionally, the European Commission stated that the conditions for retroactively collecting duties were not met.
The products currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10, 7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60, 7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10, 7226 91 91, and 7226 91 99.
