Brazil imposes AD duties on Chinese CRC

Two announcements in quick succession from Brazil’s foreign trade watchdog, the Executive Management Committee of the Foreign Trade Chamber (GECEX), show that steel products originating in China remain very much under scrutiny by the government in Brasilia.

On February 13 according to a notice in the Brazilian government gazette, (GECEX) has accepted a claim of damage from a domestic maker of carbon steel cold-rolled coils and imposed anti-dumping (AD) duties ranging from $322.93 to $641.73/t on China-origin cold-rolled steel for a period of five years, effective