JISF: EU's renewed AD GOES duties 'regrettable'

Japan Iron & Steel Federation (JISF) chairman Eiji Hashimoto expressed his regret on January 18 over the European Commission's decision to continue applying anti-dumping (AD) duties on Japanese grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel (GOES).

Describing the decision as "unjust and regrettable" in a JISF statement, Hashimoto pointed out that the Japanese steel industry had said the revocation of the AD measures was unlikely to lead to any continuation or recurrence of material injury to the industry in the EU. The AD duties on GOES