Brazil slaps provisional AD duty on steel sheets from China

Brazil has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping (AD) duties on imports of certain steel sheets originating from China, with dumping margins ranging from $257.97-$341.28/tonne, according to a notice released on October 21 by the Executive Committee of Administration (GECEX) of Brazil's Foreign Trade Chamber.

The provisional duties, set for a period of up to six months, apply to Brazilian imports of Chinese carbon steel sheets, alloyed or non-alloyed, of any width with a thickness of less than 0.5 mm, classified under Brazil's national common market (NCM) codes of 7210.12.00, 7210.50.00, 7212.10.00 and 7212.50.90. The