Guidance

Hot-rolled flat products, originating in Turkey (anti-dumping duty 2407)

Published 15 June 2020

Initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel, originating in Turkey.

The Commission announced in Decision 2020/C197/4, OJ ref. C197 dated 12 June 2020, the initiation of an anti-subsidy proceeding concerning hot-rolled flat products, originating in Turkey.

Products concerned

Products under investigation are:

  • flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel
  • whether or not in coils (including ‘cut-to-length’ and ‘narrow strip’ products)
  • not further worked than hot-rolled
  • not clad, plated or coated

Products excluded

The following products are excluded:

  • products of stainless steel and excluding grain-oriented silicon electrical steel
  • products of tool steel and high speed steel
  • 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 2,050mm or more

For information only, the product concerned is currently classified within the following Combined Nomenclature & TARIC codes:

  • 7208 10 00
  • 7208 25 00
  • 7208 26 00
  • 7208 27 00
  • 7208 36 00
  • 7208 37 00
  • 7208 38 00
  • 7208 39 00
  • 7208 40 00
  • 7208 52 10
  • 7208 52 99
  • 7208 53 10
  • 7208 53 90
  • 7208 54 00
  • 7211 13 00
  • 7211 14 00
  • 7211 19 00
  • 7225 19 10 90
  • 7225 30 90
  • 7225 40 60 90
  • 7225 40 90
  • 7226 19 10 90
  • 7226 91 91
  • 7226 91 99

Interested parties wishing to submit information on the product scope or comment on the complaint or request a hearing (within the permitted short timescales) should refer to the decision for details.

The investigation will be concluded in not more than 13 months of the date of the publication of this notice. Provisional countervailing duties may be imposed not later than 9 months from the publication of this notice.

The Commission will provide information on any planned imposition (or non-impositinon) of provisional duties 3 weeks before the due date.

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