Mexico launched the fifth anti dumping sunset review on Russian steel coils

On May 27, 2021, the Mexican Ministry of Economic Affairs issued an announcement in the official daily newspaper to respond to the applications submitted by Mexican producers TerniumMéxico,S.A.deC.V. and AltosHornosdeMéxico,S.A.B.deC.V. on 28 and 30, 2021, respectively. Steel coils produced in Russia (Spanish: placaoplanchadeaceroenrollo) initiated the fifth anti-dumping sunset review investigation. The dumping investigation period in this case is from April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021, and the damage investigation period is from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2021. The TIGIE tax numbers of the products involved are 7208.10.03, 7208.25.02, 7208.37.01 and 7225.30.07. The announcement will take effect the day after the announcement.

The interested parties shall, within 28 working days from the next day of the announcement, register their response to the lawsuit, submit questionnaires, comments on the case and evidence materials.

On June 7, 1996, Mexico made a final anti-dumping judgment on Russian steel coils, and formally imposed an anti-dumping duty of 29.30% on the products involved. Mexico extended the validity of anti-dumping duties on Russian products on June 11, 2003, June 6, 2007, November 22, 2012 and may 2, 2017 respectively. On February 19, 2014, Mexico made a final anti circumvention judgment on the products involved in the Russian case, and began to levy 29.30% anti-dumping duty on Russian boron alloy steel coils (the current tax number is 7225.30.07) with width ≥ 600mm, thickness ≥ 4.75mm and boron content ≥ 0.0008%.