Guidance

Welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Belarus and Russia (anti-dumping duty 2406)

Published 15 June 2020

Amending the regulations imposing anti-dumping or countervailing duties on certain steel products subject to safeguard measures.

The Commission announced, in Regulation 2019/1382, OJ ref.L227 dated 3 September 2019, that where the 25% safeguard duty becomes payable (because the quota is exhausted) on certain steel imports in chapters 72 and 73 of the Tariff, any anti-dumping or countervailing duty also in force will be adjusted or suspended as appropriate, with immediate effect:

  • any suspensions are limited to the period that the 25% safeguard must be paid, it does not apply when the quota is available
  • the regulations concerned and the adjusted rates are detailed in the annexes of regulation 2019/1382

As a consequence of the exhaustion of quota 098642 the countervailing duty on welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel, originating in Belarus and Russia will be suspended from 4 June 2020 to 30 June 2020 as follows.

Commodity codes

7306 3041 20

7306 3049 20

7306 3072 80

7306 3077 80

Country Company TARIC additional code Original rate Rate when quota is exhausted
Belarus All companies N/A 38.1% 13.1%
Russia OMK Group (Open Joint Stock Company Vyksa Steel Works and Joint Stock Company Almetjvesk Pipe Plant A893 10.1% 0.0%
Russia TMK Group (Seversky Pipe Plant Open Joint Stock Company and Joint Stock Company Taganrog Metallurgical Works) A892 16.8% 0.0%

CHIEF was updated at 8:28am on 9 June 2020. Post clearance action may be necessary.

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