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EUROFER Welcomes the Extension of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties to Imports of Stainless Steel Cold-Rolled Flat Products from Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam and the introduction of import requirements connected to strict monitoring of imports
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Brussels, 07 May 2024 – The European Commission has today published two Regulations extending the anti-dumping and countervailing measures in force on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products (SSCR) originating in Indonesia to imports of SSCR from Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam. EUROFER welcomes the extension of the duties and the introduction of import requirements connected to strict monitoring of imports.
The European Commission Implementing Regulations extend the existing anti-dumping duty rate of 19.3% to imports of SSCR from Taiwan and Vietnam and extend the existing countervailing duty rate of 20.5% to imports of SSCR from Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam. These investigations leading up to these measures were initiated in August 2023 following two applications submitted by EUROFER.
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) recognises these extensions of the measures applied to SSCR from Indonesia as another important step towards restoring a level playing field for the European stainless industry. “The Commission’s investigation has confirmed that a significant circumvention is taking place through imports from Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam”, said Axel Eggert, Director General of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), “The anti-circumvention measures published today are important to ensure the complete effectiveness of the original measures and to avoid that artificially cheap, dumped, and subsidised semi-products (stainless slabs and hot rolled coils) sourced from Indonesia freely enter the European market, endangering the European Stainless Steel industry.”
Given the severity of the circumvention practices identified, the European Commission is introducing novel import requirements. It will apply strict monitoring on imports from Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam in particular to determine if they are made from steel melted and poured in Indonesia. “Robust enforcement mechanisms for monitoring and import requirements are imperative. The Commission has to be ready to promptly react and take all necessary actions to annul any risk of circumvention. For this purpose, EUROFER intends to continue collaborating closely with the Commission and the relevant authorities in the Member States” concluded Mr. Eggert.
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