Guidance

Corrsion resistant steel from China (anti-dumping duty 2417)

Published 12 August 2020

Overview

Extending anti-dumping duty on corrosion resistant steel originating in the People’s Republic of China to imports of slightly modified corrosion resistant steels.

The Commission has announced, in implementing regulation 2020/1156, OJ L255, the extension of the anti-dumping duty on certain corrosion resistant steel, originating from the People’s Republic of China to imports of slight modifications of the product concerned.

Products subject to anti-dumping duty

The following products have been added to those already subject to anti-dumping duty:

• flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel
• plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc or aluminium, or both, and with or without magnesium, whether or not alloyed with silicon
• chemically passivated
• with or without any additional surface treatment such as oiling or sealing
• containing by weight not more than:
  • 0.5% of carbon
  • 1.1% of aluminum
  • 0.12% of niobium
  • 0.17% of titanium
  • 0.15% of vanadium
• presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips

Excluded products

The following products are excluded:

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

This regulation takes effect from 6 August 2020.

Commodity codes affected

The products to which the duty is extended are classified in the following commodity codes:

• 7210 41 00 30
• 7210 49 00 30
• 7210 61 00 30
• 7210 69 00 30
• 7210 90 80 92
• 7212 30 00 30
• 7212 50 61 30
• 7212 50 69 30
• 7212 50 90 14
• 7212 50 90 92
• 7225 92 00 30
• 7225 99 00 23
• 7225 99 00 41
• 7225 99 00 93
• 7226 99 30 30
• 7226 99 70 13
• 7226 99 70 93

Companies included

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	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
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

Excluded companies

This extension does not apply to imports of the products which were produced by the companies listed below:

Company	Add	TARIC additional code
Beijing Shougang Cold Rolling Co. Ltd	nil	C229
Shougang Jingtang United Iron and Steel Co. Ltd	nil	C164

The exemptions granted to the 2 companies mentioned above and the lower anti-dumping duty rates attributed to the named producers listed is conditional upon presentation to the customs authorities of the Member States of a valid commercial invoice, issued by the producer, with a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by their name and function.

The declaration format will be as follows:

‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) of certain corrosion resistant steels 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 anti-dumping duty will apply.

Customs authorities will collect the extended duty, retrospectively, on imports of the product registered from 27 November 2019 to date. Registration will now end.

Producers not involved in circumvention practices may request exemption from the extended duty from the Commission (refer to the regulation for details).

CHIEF has been updated.

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