SteelOrbis has heard that Turkey’s Ministry of Trade has received a request for an antidumping duty investigation into hot rolled coil imported from China, Russia and India.
The country’s non-alloy and alloyed HRC imports are subject to duties at 13 percent and 15 percent respectively as of May 1, as SteelOrbis previously reported. Previously, the import duties were at nine percent for non-alloy HRC and six percent for alloyed HRC.
Noting that Turkey’s steel imports increased by 22.0 percent to 11.0 million mt in the first seven months of this year, the Turkish Steel Producers’ Association has called for more protectionist measures against the surge in imports.