Sep 09, 2019
Malaysia Imposes Anti Dumping Duties on Vietnamese CR Steel

Malaysia has imposed temporary anti-dumping duties of 3.70 to 20.13% on cold rolled and non-alloy steel imported from Vietnam. They will apply for 120 days, starting retrospectively from August 26, according to the Department of Trade Remedies under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The decision follows a recent investigation by Malaysia’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry of steel imports from four countries, Vietnam, China, Japan, and South Korea, for dumping. It has also slapped preliminary duties of 3.98 to 26.38% on China, 26.39% on Japan and 0-3.84% on South Korea, the department said. It said that Vietnamese producers have the right to complain about the decision to Malaysia before September 13.

The department added that Indonesia has also commenced a dumping investigation into imports of cold-rolled galvanized steel products from Vietnam and China.

Vietnamese steel products have also attracted dumping investigations by Malaysia and Thailand and two by India since the beginning of this year.