Sunset review of anti-dumping duties levied on imports of NGO steel from Germany, South Korea, Chinese Taipei and China

The publication of SECEX Circular No. 33 initiated the sunset review of anti-dumping duties levied on Brazilian imports of flat-rolled products of silicon, magnetic, non-grain oriented steel (NGO steel) originating from Germany, China, South Korea and Chinese Taipei, commonly classified under Mercosur Common Nomenclatures (NCM) 7225.19.00 and 7226.19.00.

The request for review was submitted by Aperam Inox América do Sul S.A (which also requested the imposition of the original duty).

The analysis of the likelihood of continuation or resumption of dumping considered the period from October 2022 to September 2023. The analysis of the likelihood of continuation or resumption of injury considered the period from October 2018 to September 2023.

For the purposes of initiating the sunset review, the following difference between the regular domestic cost and the domestic industry price for non-China origins, as well as the dumping margins for China, were determined:

Interested parties may cooperate with the sunset review referred to above by providing data to fill in the Exporter, Importer, or other National Producer Questionnaires – within 30 days (extendable for another 30 days) from the date that they become aware of the investigation –, to defend their interests and possibly benefit from any individual anti-dumping margin, which is normally lower than the margin calculated based on the information available. Other potential interested parties who did not receive questionnaires may request their participation in the process by August 5, 2024 (20-day deadline).