EC Starts Expiry Review of Antidumping Duties on Cold-Rolled Flat Steel Goods From China, Russia

The European Commission began a review of existing antidumping duties on certain cold-rolled flat steel products from China and Russia, an Aug. 3 notice in the Official Journal of the European Union said. Eurofer requested the review following the publication of the expiration notice for the duties. The commission will decide if an extension of the duties is necessary to further protect the European steel industry, the notice said. The period under investigation is July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021. The covered goods are “flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced),” with a number of notable exceptions including flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all widths, of silicon-electrical steel.