BlueScope Australia & New Zealand (BANZ ... - BlueScope Steel

Progress on challenging unfair trade and dumping
Process
Current Duties
Hot Rolled Coil
(Anti-Dumping)
Galvanised steel &
aluminium / zinc (AlZn)
coated steel
(Anti-Dumping)
Galvanised
& AlZn coated steel
(Countervailing – China)
• Preliminary Affirmative Determination (PAD) issued Oct 2012
• Final recommendation Dec 2012
• Trade Measures Review initiated in Feb 2013 and announced in Apr
2013, has resulted in reinvestigation by Customs for Minister’s
sign-off by July 2013 (deals with four matters: basis of Ascertained
Export Price, Hyundai dumping margin, Auto industry dumping duties,
HR P&O other than Japan)
• PAD issued Feb 2013
• Minister decision due Jul 2013
• PAD issued May 2013
• Ministers decision due July 2013
• Interim Dumping Duties (IDD) rates:
– Japan 0- 7.5%
– Korea 2.6 - 11.8%
– Malaysia 15.4%
– Taiwan 2.6-8.2%
• Galv PAD rates: China 6.8-60.6%;
Korea 0-17.6%; Taiwan 0-12.7%
• AlZn PAD rates: China 4.9-20.4%;
Korea 0-7.7%
• Galv PAD rates: 0-24%
• AlZn PAD rates: 0-21%
(duties are not cumulative on top of
antidumping duties, no double
counting)
Plate
(Anti-Dumping &
Countervailing)
• Statement of Essential Facts due June 2013
• Awaiting findings
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