South Africa imposes provisional AD duty on steel pipe imports from Mozambique

In Report No. 779, the Commission determined that the products in question were being exported to the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) market at dumped prices and were causing material injury as well as a threat of material injury to the domestic industry.

The investigation was initiated following an application by Hall Longmore Holdings, the largest producer in the SACU region. The domestic producer stated that it had suffered material injury in the form of price suppression, loss of market share, declines in sales and profitability, and low capacity utilization. It was reported that the volume of imports from Mozambique increased from 1.48 million kilograms in 2023 to 12.24 million kilograms in 2025, while the country's share of total imports rose to 98%. During the same period, the domestic producer’s market share index declined from 100 points to 72 points.

The exporting companies ETG Steel Solutions and Capital Star Steel objected to both the domestic industry's claims and the procedures of the investigation, arguing that neither dumping nor injury existed and that the domestic producer was attempting to strengthen its monopolistic position in the market. Meanwhile, ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) requested that pipes produced from South African-origin raw materials be distinguished from those manufactured using Asian-origin inputs in order to protect the regional value chain. In its assessment, the Commission stated that anti-dumping measures could be imposed within the framework of World Trade Organization rules and the SADC Trade Protocol and found these objections to be unsubstantiated.

Based on verified data submitted by the exporting companies, the Commission calculated a dumping margin of 28.86% for ETG Steel Solutions in Mozambique as well as for all other producers and exporters in the country. In light of these findings, the Commission requested the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty of 28.86% for a period of six months on imports of products classified under HS tariff heading 7305.19 in order to protect the domestic industry.