Mexico's Ministry of Economy has announced the final results of its antidumping investigation on imports of hot rolled flat steel from China and Vietnam, determining that the product entered Mexico under conditions of price discrimination that caused material injury to the domestic industry, and imposing definitive antidumping duties.
The investigation was initiated on March 3, 2025, following a petition filed by Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and supported by ArcelorMittal Mexico and Grupo Acerero. The price discrimination analysis covered the period between September 1, 2023 and August 31, 2024, with an injury analysis period running from September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2024. A preliminary determination, with provisional duties, was published in Mexico's Official Gazette on March 23, 2026.
The definitive antidumping duty is set at $0.3087 per kilogram for Shanghai Meishan Iron & Steel and $0.3050 per kilogram for Wuhan Iron & Steel, with all other Chinese exporters also subject to $0.3087 per kilogram. For Vietnam, the duty is $0.2855 per kilogram for Hoa Phat Dung Quat and $0.2719 per kilogram for Formosa Ha Tinh, with all other Vietnamese exporters subject to $0.2855 per kilogram. The preliminary duties published in March 2026 were $0.2304 per kilogram for Shanghai Meishan, $0.2160 per kilogram for Wuhan, $0.1960 per kilogram for Hoa Phat Dung Quat and $0.1969 per kilogram for Formosa Ha Tinh.
The product covers flat-rolled steel of carbon or alloy steel, hot-rolled, pickled or unpickled, uncoated, in thicknesses from under 3 mm up to 25.4 mm, of any width, presented in coils, sheets, strips, bands or unrolled plate form. The products fall under tariff codes 7208.10.03, 7208.25.02, 7208.26.01, 7208.27.01, 7208.36.01, 7208.37.01, 7208.38.01, 7208.39.01, 7208.40.02, 7208.51.04, 7208.52.01, 7208.53.01, 7208.54.01, 7208.90.99, 7211.13.01, 7211.14.91, 7211.19.99, 7225.30.91, 7225.40.91 and 7226.91.07.
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