India is likely to impose five-year anti-dumping duties of $222-334/tonne on imports ofcoated/plated tin mill flat rolled steel from the EU, Japan, US and SouthKorea. This is the recommendation of India’s Directorate General Trade Remedies(DGTR) after it completed its investigation.
The probe waslaunched in June 2019 following a petition from JSW Vallabh Tinplate and TheTinplate Company of India (see Kallanish passim),
The productunder consideration (PUC) is tin mill flat rolled steel coated or plated withtin or chromium/chromium oxides, either on one side or both sides, whether ornot lacquered and/or printed. Tin mill flat rolled steel products includetinplate as well as tin-free steel, which is also known as Electrolytic TinPlate (ETP), Tin Free Steel (TFS), and Electrolytic Chromium Coated Steel(ECCS), says DGTR. The PUC is generally used for packaging.
The products inquestion fall under HS codes 72101110, 72101190, 72101210, 72101290, 72105000,72109010, 72121010, 72121090, 72125020, 72121010, 72125090 and 72259900.However, imports of the PUC have also been observed in certain other HS codessuch as 72109090, 72107000, 72103090, 72255010, 72124000.
None of theproducers/exporters from the subject countries cooperated in the investigationby responding to the questionnaire. This was apart from JFE Steel, JFE ShojiTrade, Metal One, Marubeni Itochu Steel, Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel Trading,Ohmi Industries, Tetsusho Kayaba, Toyto Tshusho – all based in Japan – US-basedAmerican International and Belgium-based Ferrum.
The probe showsPUC imports from the subject countries in the period of investigation (POI), whichwas calendar-year 2019, rose 13% versus the fiscal year through March 2016 to212,498 tonnes. Domestic apparent PUC consumption rose 6% in the period.EU-origin imports saw the largest increase of 29% to 115,681t. US-originimports had the lowest landed value of $642/tonne during the POI.
However, thecapacity utilisation of domestic industry rose 31% in the period and domesticsales soared 412%.
DGTR concluded thePUC has been exported to India at below its associated normal value, thusresulting in dumping, and that domestic industry has suffered material injury due to the dumping.
Source: DGTR
Post time: Jun-29-2020