Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade has announced antidumping duties on certain hot rolled flat steel products from Brazil, Iran and Turkey. The country has seen demand improve in the last eighteen months and it has also been steadily imposing more trade measures, Kallanish notes.

The duties have been imposed (see table) on carbon steel hot rolled coil and sheet more than 0.9mm thick and up to 3,200mm wide. The department has found injury to domestic producers after an investigation was requested by several local suppliers including Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI), G Steel, GJ Steel, Sahaviriya Plate Mill and LPN Plate Mill.

Thailand has recently imposed duties on Vietnamese galvalume and colour-coated sheet and increased duties on Chinese wire rod. A number of steel associations also requested even more trade protections earlier this month, alleging that it is too easy for companies to avoid paying duties on imports.

Source: Thai Deaprtment of Foreign Trade