Jun 29, 2022
UK probes HR flats anti-dumping transition, Ukraine exemption

2022-07-05
The UK Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has initiated a transition review of anti-dumping duties on certain hot rolled flat products from Russia, Ukraine, Brazil and Iran. The original definitive duties were imposed under the EU in October 2017.
The body has however simultaneously started a probe into whether these measures should be suspended on Ukrainian product. “Following a request from the government of Ukraine we will investigate whether a suspension of measures on certain Ukrainian steel products is justified because of changed market conditions after the Russian invasion,” TRA chief executive Oliver Griffiths says in a note seen by Kallanish.
The HS codes affected are 72 08 10 00 00, 72 08 40 00 00, 72 11 19 00 00, 72 08 25 00 00, 72 08 52 10 00, 72 25 19 10 90, 72 08 26 00 00, 72 08 52 99 00, 72 25 30 90 00, 72 08 27 00 00, 72 08 53 10 00, 72 25 40 60 90, 72 08 36 00 00, 72 08 53 90 00, 72 25 40 90 00, 72 08 37 00 00, 72 08 54 00 00, 72 26 19 10 90, 72 08 38 00 00, 72 11 13 00 00, 72 26 91 91 00, 72 08 39 00 00, 72 11 14 00 00 and 72 26 91 99 00.
This excludes products of stainless steel, of tool steel and high-speed steel, as well as products not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10mm and of a width of 600mm or more, and products not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75mm or more but not exceeding 10mm and of a width of 2.5m or more.
The period of investigation is 1 April 2021 – 31 March 2022. In order to assess injury, TRA will examine the period from 1 April 2018 – 31 March 2022.
TRA has also launched a transition review into countervailing duties on certain stainless steel bar and rod from India, the definitive duties for which were imposed under the EU in June 2017.
The HS codes affected are 72 22 20 21, 72 22 20 29, 72 22 20 31, 72 22 20 39, 72 22 20 81 and 72 22 20 89. The period of investigation is 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022. In order to assess injury, TRA will examine the period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2022.
Adam Smith Poland
Source: Eurometal 
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