Guidance

Corrosion resistant steels imported from China (Anti-Dumping Duty 2166)

Published 12 January 2017

An investigation was announced in the Official Journal reference 2016/C459 on 9 December 2016 relating to imports of corrosion resistant steels presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips, originating in People’s Republic of China, specifically:

  • flat-rolled products of iron
  • flat-rolled products of alloy steel
  • flat-rolled products of non-alloy steel
  • aluminium killed
  • plated (or coated) by hot dip galvanisation with zinc or with aluminium, and no other metal
  • chemically passivated

weight 0.015% or more, but not more than:

  • 0.170% of carbon
  • 0.100% of aluminium

weight not more than:

  • 0.045% of nobium
  • 0.010% of titanium
  • 0.010% of vanadium

Excluded are products:

  • made of stainless steel
  • made of silicon-electrical steel
  • made of high-speed steel
  • not further worked than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced)

The products currently are within CN codes:

  • 7210 4100 20
  • 7210 4900 20
  • 7210 6100 20
  • 7210 6900 20
  • 7212 3000 20
  • 7212 5061 20
  • 7212 5069 20
  • 7225 9200 20
  • 7225 9900 22
  • 7225 9900 35
  • 7225 9900 92
  • 7226 9930 10
  • 7226 9970 94

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The investigation must be finished within 15 months, although it can be ended earlier.

A decision to impose provisional duties can be taken after a minimum of 60 days from the start of the formal investigation but it’s usually imposed for the last 6 months of the investigation. If this happens, a security to the value of Anti-Dumping Duty is taken on imports entering into free circulation and held until the results of the investigation are published.

At the end of the investigation, the provisional Anti-Dumping Duty may be made definitive, may lapse or be cancelled. If, following the investigation, it is decided that the duty should be made definitive, the security will be collected. Definitive measures will normally remain in place for 5 years.

Note

A decision to register imports of the product can be made up to 3 months before any provisional duty is imposed. If this happens Anti-Dumping Duty can be applied retrospectively to imports from the start of the registration period until provisional or definitive duty is imposed.

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