The European Commission announced on Thursday 14 May the launch of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain "hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in Turkey".
The services of the institution had indeed received a complaint from Eurofer, the representative of the European steel industry, on behalf of producers representing more than 25% of the European production of these articles. Eurofer has provided evidence showing the existence of distortions on the raw materials used in the production, coal and iron ore.
The investigation will determine whether the product is being dumped and is thereby causing injury to the industry in the Union.
The investigation of dumping and injury will cover the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. Its results are expected in June 2021, but provisional measures could be imposed no later than eight months from now.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the procedures for anti-dumping investigations have had to be adapted, the Commission also notes in its opinion (see EUROPE 12446/6).
Consult the notice in the Official Journal of the EU: https://bit.ly/364QT8J (Original version in French by Hermine Donceel)