EU initiates expiry review for AD duties on steel ropes and cables

Upon the request filed on April 28, 2006, by the Liaison Committee of the European Union Wire Rope Industries (EWRIS), the European Commission (EC) decided to initiate an expiry review for the antidumping duty orders on steel ropes and cables imported from Russia, Thailand and Turkey. The measures currently in force were put into effect on August 2, 2001. The request of EWRIS is based on the ground that the expiry of the measures would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the EC industry. Moreover, the EC decided to initiate a partial interim review for Turkish producer Has Celik ve Halat Sanayi Ticaret A.S, since the applicant provided information that the level of the measure with respect to Has Celik is no longer sufficient to counteract the injurious dumping. The EC has found sufficient evidence to initiate an expiry review and a partial interim review for the existing measures on subject merchandise imported from above mentioned countries. Accordingly, the EC initiated an expiry review to determine whether the expiry of the measures would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of the dumping and injury to the EU industry, and initiated an interim review to determine whether, in regard to imports of subject product concerned manufactured by Has Celik, the current level of the measure is sufficient to counteract the injurious dumping.