Stainless steel hot-rolled flat products from China, Indonesia and Taiwan (anti-dumping duty 2396)
Published 9 April 2020
Imposing provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain stainless steel hot-rolled flat products (SSHR), originating from China, Indonesia and Taiwan.
The Commission has announced in Regulation 2020/508, Official Journal ref. L110, the imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain flat-rolled products of stainless steel, originating from China, Indonesia and Taiwan.
This regulation takes effect from 9 April 2020.
Product description
- stainless steel flat-rolled products
- whether or not in coils
- including products cut-to-length and narrow strip
- not further worked than hot-rolled
The following products are excluded:
- products, not in coils, of a width of 600mm or more and of a thickness exceeding 10mm
Products affected
The products affected are currently classified within commodity codes:
- 7219 1100 00
- 7219 1210 00
- 7219 1290 00
- 7219 1310 00
- 7219 1390 00
- 7219 1410 00
- 7219 1490 00
- 7219 2210 00
- 7219 2290 00
- 7219 2300 00
- 7219 2400 00
- 7220 1100 00
- 7220 1200 00
The rates of the provisional anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product, produced by the companies listed as follows:
Country | Company | Provisional anti-dumping duty | TARIC additional code |
---|---|---|---|
Indonesia | PT Indonesia Guang Ching Nickel and Stainless Steel Industry | 17% | C541 |
Indonesia | PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel | 17% | C547 |
Indonesia | All other companies | 17% | C999 |
China | Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd | 18.9% | C163 |
China | Taiyuan Taigang Daming Metal Products | 18.9% | C542 |
China | Tisco Guangdong Stainless Steel Service Center Co. Ltd | 18.9% | C543 |
China | Tianjin TISCO & TPCO Stainless Steel Co Ltd | 18.9% | C025 |
China | Fujian Fuxin Special Steel Co Ltd | 14.5% | C544 |
China | Xiangshui Defeng Metals Co Ltd | 17.4% | C545 |
China | Fujian Dingxin Technology Co Ltd | 17.4% | C546 |
China | All other companies | 18.9% | C999 |
Taiwan | Yieh United Steel Co | 6% | C032 |
Taiwan | Tang Eng Iron Works Co Ltd | 6% | C031 |
Taiwan | Walsin Lihwa Co | 7.5% | C548 |
Taiwan | All other companies | 7.5% | C999 |
The individual duty rates for the companies above are conditional upon presentation to customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which appears a declaration, dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by their name and function, as follows:
‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in (the country concerned).
I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct.’
If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies shall apply.
Provisional measures will continue for 6 months.
The release for free circulation in the Union or UK of the product will be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
On the customs declaration on release for free circulation of the product, the number of pieces of the product must be declared in the supplementary units field (box 41).
Registration of imports of the product will be discontinued. A decision regarding any retrospective application anti-dumping duty to imports registered to date will be taken at the end of the investigation.
Interested parties are invited to make their views known to the Commission or request to be heard (within very short time limits) refer to the regulation for details.
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