Temporary tariffs to Ukrainian and Kazakh steel into Russia
Russian government concluded to apply protective duties to the bars for
construction purposes imported from
Ukraine. The duty determined to apply is 21%.
At the same time
galvanized sheet being imported from
Ukraine and
Kazakhstan is determined to be subject to an anti-dumping duty for a period of four months. The anti-dumping duty to apply for steel and non-alloy
galvanized sheets of 600mm and wider will be 36.9% from
Kazakhstan and 31.8% from
Ukraine.
According to reports these duties are planned to be temporary and
Russia is currently in negotiations with the aforesaid two countries in order to bring their exports down to an acceptable volume voluntarily.