Thailand launches investigation into flat steel coming from China

Thailand has launched a second anti-dumping (AD) investigation on boron-containing hot-rolled flat steel products originating from China. The codes of the hot rolled flat steel products in question are stated as follows:

7225.30.90.022, 7225.30.90.023, 7225.30.90.024, 7225.30.90.032, 7225.30.90.090, 7225.40.90.024, 7225.40.90.090, 7226.91.10. 022, 7226.91.10.023, 7226.91.10.024,

7226.91.10.032, 7226.91.10.090, 7226.91.90.022, 7226.91.90.023, 7226.91.90.024, 7226.91.90.032 and 7226.91.90.090.

Thailand first took a positive decision to impose anti-dumping on these products in December 2012. Later, in 2018, these measures were extended for five years. In addition, the tax rate determined based on CIF prices of imported products was expressed as 19.47%.

Looking at the period January - October 2023, Thailand imported the said products from China to 538,900 tons, an increase of 41% compared to 2022. In the same period, the market share of Chinese products increased to 43%.