EU Implements Antidumping Duty on Stressing Wires, Wire Strands From China
The European Commission imposed a definitive antidumping duty on imports of certain pre- and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel (PSC wires and strands) from China following an expiry review, the commission said in a Sept. 2 regulation.…
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The imports will be assessed a 46.2% duty, excluding those from Kiswire Qingdao, which has a zero percent margin, and from Ossen Innovation Materials Co. Joint Stock Co. and Ossen Jiujiang Steel Wire Cable Co., which both have a 31.1% rate. The European Stress Information Service, representing more than a quarter of the EU domestic industry of PSC, requested the review as the duties were set to expire. Specifically, the duties cover “not plated or not coated wire of non-alloy steel, wire of non-alloy steel plated or coated with zinc and stranded wire of non-alloy steel whether or not plated or coated with not more than 18 wires, containing by weight 0,6 % or more of carbon, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3 mm.”