Costa Rica requested dispute consultations with the Dominican Republic over antidumping duties on corrugated steel bars from Costa Rica, a July 27 World Trade Organization notice said. Costa Rica said the DR's antidumping measures are incompatible with obligations under the Anti-Dumping Agreement and the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

The European Union kicked off a “new exporter” review of the antidumping duties on the imports of trichloroisocyanuric acid from China for three Chinese exporters, in a July 23 entry in the Official Journal of the European Union. Hebei Xingfei Chemical, Inner Mongolia Likang Bio-Tech and Shandong Lantian Disinfection Technology each requested review of the duties, providing sufficient evidence that they didn't export the product to the EU during the period of investigation on which the AD duties were originally based, the entry said. The new exporter review could potentially repeal the duty on the three companies' exports and subject the imports to registration.

The European Commission began a review of existing antidumping duties on sodium cyclamate from China, a June 28 notice in the Official Journal of the European Union said. Productos Aditivos 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 sodium cyclamate industry, the notice said. The period under investigation is July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.

The United Arab Emirates recently issued a notice about antidumping duties on Gulf Cooperation Council imports of ceramic pavers and hearth, floor or wall tiles from India and China, KPMG said July 12. The rules in the notice, which took effect July 1, outline declaration requirements for paying antidumping duties, which range from 23.5% to 106%. The AD duty measures are applicable for five years beginning from June 6, 2020, KPMG said.

The European Commission in a July 12 notice announced the impending expiration of antidumping duty measures on okoume plywood from China unless a review of the duties is initiated. European Union manufacturers can submit a written request for a review up to three months before the duty's April 7, 2022, expiration date. In another notice, the EC told of another antidumping duty expiration for certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel from China. Without a request for a review, the duties also will expire on April 7, 2022. See the notices for where to submit requests for review.

Peru and Canada recently made antidumping duty decisions on certain products from mainland China, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council reported July 12. Peru began a sunset review of an AD duty order on certain Chinese footwear, which will “result in the continuation or the revocation of the order,” the report said. In addition, Canada concluded a review to update the “normal values and export prices applicable to certain carbon steel fasteners” from China.

The United Kingdom lifted antidumping duties on welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel from Belarus or Russia, a July 1 notice said. Certain antidumping duties originating from an AD quota on certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel from Belarus, China and Russia along with a tariff rate quota on steel goods will be suspended under the notice. The announcement includes a list of affected companies from Russia that will see their antidumping rate drop to zero. All affected tube and pipe exporters from Belarus will have their antidumping rate drop from 38.1% to 13.1%.

The United Kingdom suspended an antidumping duty hike implemented on corrosion-resistant steel goods from China, a July 1 notice said. The move reverted the effects of two import duties -- a general antidumping duty on the steel goods from China and a tariff rate quota on steel goods. If corrosion-resistant steel goods from China are subject to the additional import duties under the TRQ for the goods category covering metallic-coated sheet, the additional duty is now suspended. The notice contains a list of exporters to which the tariff suspension applies.

The United Kingdom suspended antidumping duties on hot-rolled flat iron, non-alloy, or other alloy steel goods from Iran or Russia, a July 1 notice said. Certain antidumping duties stemming from a general AD order on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy from Brazil, Iran, Russia and Ukraine and under a tariff-rate quota on steel goods will now no longer be enforced. The notice contains a list of the affected companies, the majority of which will see their antidumping rate for the subject merchandise drop to zero.

The European Union imposed a definitive antidumping duty and will start “definitively collecting” the provisional duty on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel from Turkey, the European Commission said in a July 6 implementing regulation. The provisional duty was implemented Jan. 7, after which the European Commission heard comments from concerned parties. Duties are imposed on six Turkish companies in amounts ranging from 4.7% to 7.3%. All other Turkish importers will be subject to a 7.3% dumping margin.