KYIV, July 14 – Following an antidumping investigation, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal on July 12 imposed a 57.6 percent duty on Ukrainian rolled steel plate imports.
The decision came on the heels of an investigation that began earlier this year into Mariupol-based Azovstal metallurgical plant, one of three producers of rolled steel plates in Ukraine. The other producers – the Illich and Alchevsk metallurgical plants – did not participate.
The tribunal said in its decision that Azovstal had declared during the investigation that it exported rolled steel plates to Canada at prices higher than the prices at which it exported similar products to the United States.
Azovstal also declared that its export of rolled steel plates to Canada had fallen significantly.
According to specialists at Azovstal, the plant has not exported hot-rolled steel plates to Canada this year.
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal ruled June 27 that the dumping in Canada of certain types of hot-rolled carbon steel plates originating in or exported from Ukraine and other countries caused material injury to Canada”s domestic industry.
The investigation covered the period from July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999. It was launched in October 1999, following complaints by Canada”s Stelco and Algoma.
According to State Customs Service data, 3,571 tons of hot-rolled steel worth $1.018 million were exported from Ukraine to Canada in 1999.
