Eurofer In Advanced Stages Of Filing 2 Antidumping Steel Cases
11 Ottobre 2011 - 8:02PM
Dow Jones News
Eurofer, the association that represents European steelmakers,
is in advanced stages to file two antidumping cases with the
European Commission, the head of the association said Tuesday.
"Imports are increasing quite dramatically," with steel imports
expected to grow 27% in 2011, Gordon Moffat, Eurofer's director
general, told Dow Jones Newswires in an interview. "There's a great
deal coming from China. Most the increase is coming from Southeast
Asia, from China, Taiwan and Japan" and also a decent amount from
neighbors such as Turkey.
"Our main concern is China and Asia. ... We think we are on
fairly solid grounds for antidumping on coated sheets and stainless
cold rolled sheet," he said.
He wouldn't specify when the two cases would be filed, but he
acknowledged they could be filed by the end of the year.
Eurofer is looking at launching an antidumping case on stainless
steel cold rolled coil against China, South Korea and Taiwan and is
considering launching an antidumping case in organic coated steel
against China, South Korea and India, he said.
Moffat noted that China has significant excess production
capacity in stainless steel and hasn't made attempts to curb future
production. He forecast China's excess stainless steel output
capacity at around 6.5 million tons a year, compared with annual
U.S. stainless steel demand of 1.5 million tons and annual European
stainless steel demand of 3.5 million tons.
Moffat also said that China has structured a rebate on its
value-added tax on steel sales that encourages Chinese steelmakers
to export value-added products rather than less value-added
products such as coils and heavy plates.
There has been a noticeable pick up in Chinese coil and heavy
plate exports to Europe, Moffat said, but he said Eurofer wasn't
pursuing trade cases in those areas because the cases were stronger
in the stainless steel cold rolled sheet and color coated
sheets.
Eurofer represents steelmakers such as ArcelorMittal (MT), the
world's largest steelmaker, and ThyssenKrupp AG (TKA.XE), Germany's
largest steelmaker.
-By Alex MacDonald, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 (0)7776 200 924;
alex.macdonald@dowjones.com
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