The Russian Federation's Ministry of Economic Development and Trade (MEDT) has decided to prolong by another four months until July 21, 2009 the antidumping investigation into imports of pre-painted steel products originating from China (including Taiwan and the special administrative districts of Hong Kong and Macau), Republic of Korea, Belgium, Finland and Kazakhstan.
The subjects of the investigation include pre-painted cold rolled steel and pre-painted galvanized steel with no restrictions according to merchandise width and thickness.
As SteelOrbis previously reported, the investigation was initiated on March 21, 2008, following a complaint filed by three Russian steel producers, namely, Severstal, Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) and Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK).