Japan applauds no Indian AD duties on tinplate and TFS

The deadline by December 2020 has lapsed for India’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) to decide on whether to extend the probe or impose the anti-dumping (AD) duties on tinplate and tin-free steel (TFS) imports from four nations including Japan on the recommendation by India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI).

No news is good news in that this means India’s MoF will not take any action on this, according to the officials from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) on January 29. India’s MoF should have made an announcement on the matter by the