Guidance

Certain corrosion resistant steel imported from of China (Anti-Dumping Duty 2263)

Updated 7 June 2018

Imposing definitive Anti-Dumping Duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steel originating in China.

The Commission has announced, in implementing regulation 2018/186, OJ L34, the imposition of definitive Anti-Dumping Duty on imports of corrosion resistant steel originating in China.

Anti-Dumping Duty is imposed on:

• flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel
• aluminum killed, plated or coated by hot dip galvanization with zinc and/or with aluminum and no other metal
• chemically passivated
• containing by weight - 0.015% or more but not more than 0.170% of carbon, 0.015% or more but not more than 0.100% of aluminum, not more than 0.045% of niobium, not more than 0.010% of titanium and not more than 0.010% of vanadium
• presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips

The regulation takes effect from 9 February 2018.

The following products are excluded from the measures:

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

The product concerned is classified within the following commodity codes:

• 7210 41 00 20
• 7210 49 00 20
• 7210 61 00 20
• 7210 69 00 20
• 7212 30 00 20
• 7212 50 61 20
• 7212 50 69 20
• 7225 92 00 20
• 7225 99 00 22
• 7225 99 00 92
• 7226 99 30 10
• 7226 99 70 94

The rate of the definitive Anti-Dumping Duty applicable to the net free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product will be:

Company	Definitive duty rate	TARIC additional code
Hesteel Co., Ltd. Handan Branch	27.8%	C227
Handan Iron & Steel Group Han-Bao Co.,Ltd	27.8%	C158
Hesteel Co., Ltd, Tangshan Branch	27.8%	C159
Tangshan Iron & Steel Group High Strength Automotive Strip Co., Ltd	27.8%	C228
Beijing Shougang Cold Rolling Co., Ltd	17.2%	C229
Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co., Ltd	17.2%	C164
Zhangjiagang Shagang Dongshin Galvanized Steel Sheet Co., Ltd	27.9%	C230
Zhangjiagang Yangtze River Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd	27.9%	C112
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex	26.1%	C231
All other companies	27.9%	C999

The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 is conditional upon presentation to the member states’ 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 his or her name and function, drafted 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 [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.

New exporting producers may apply to the Commission to be subject to the weighted average duty of 26.1% (conditions apply, refer to the regulation).

Amounts secured by way of provisional duties will be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates should be reclaimed from the National Duty Repayment Centre.

No retrospective duties will be levied on imports which were registered prior to the imposition of provisional duties.

The default interest to be paid in case of reimbursement that gives rise to a right to payment of default interest shall be the rate applied by the European Central Bank to its principal refinancing operations. This is published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union, in force on the first calendar day of the month in which the deadline falls, increased by one percentage point.

Repayment of secured provisional Anti-Dumping Duty

Traders (including Customs Freight Simplified Procedures) who are entitled to repayments of secured Anti-Dumping Duty or Countervailing Duty are now required to submit claims to the National Import Duty Adjustment Centre (NIDAC).

HM Revenue and Customs
NIDAC
1st Floor West, Ralli Quays
3 Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9HL

Claims must include a copy of the original import declaration and commercial documents such as invoices and transport documents. Where traders have claimed a company specific rate of duty, they must provide documentation to support this claim.

In order to receive your repayment quicker and more securely, include your bank details with your claim so that we can send your money directly to your bank account.

Security will be held for 4 months from the definitive ruling date. After this time claims will need to be submitted to the National Duty Repayment Centre using form C285.

Read the HMRC Charter to find out what you can expect from HMRC and what we expect from you.

Annex 1

Co-operating exporting procedures not included in the sample.

TARIC additional code C231

Maanshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	Maanshan, Anhui
Angang Steel Company Limited	Anshan, Liaoning
TKAS Auto Steel Company Ltd	Dalian, Liaoning
JiangYin ZongCheng Steel Co., Ltd	Jiangyin, Jiangsu
Bengang Steel Plates Co., Ltd	Benxi, Liaoning
BX STEEL POSCO Cold Rolled Sheet Co., Ltd	Benxi, Liaoning
Wuhan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	Wuhan, Hubei
Shandong Kerui Steel Plate Co., Ltd	Binzhou, Shandong
Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd	Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Hunan Valin Liangang Steel Sheet Co., Ltd	Loudi, Hanan
Shandong Huifu Color Steel Co., Ltd	Linyi, Shadong
Fujian Kaijing Greentech Material Co., Ltd	Longhai, Fujian
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	Shanghai
Baosteel Zhanjiang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd	Zhanjiang, Guandong
Yieh Phui (China) Technomaterial Co.	Changshu, Jiangsu
Rizhao Baohua New Materials Co., Ltd	Rizhao, Shandong
Jiangsu Gangzheng Steel Sheet Science and Technology Co., Ltd	Nantong, Jiangsu