The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has announced that it has initiated an antidumping investigation into imports of flat rolled products of iron alloy or non-alloy steel, plated or coated with zinc, using the hot dip process (galvanized iron coils/sheets or galvanized steel coils/sheets) from China, South Korea and Vietnam.
The review was launched upon a petition from local producer CSC Steel Sdn Bhd, alleging that the HDG from the given countries was being dumped, causing material injury to the Malaysian domestic industry. CSC Steel also claimed that the alleged dumped imports from these countries have increased.
In the January-October period last year, Malaysia imported 77,166 mt of HDG from China, 95,581 mt from South Korea and 95,402 mt from Vietnam.
The Tariff Numbers of Malaysia (Harmonized Tariff Code of Malaysia) and the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Numbers (AHTNs) for the products in question are 7210.49.11 00, 7210.49.14 00, 7210.49.15 00, 7210.49.16 00, 7210.49.17 00, 7210.49.18 00, 7210.49.19 00, 7210.49.91 00, 7210.49.99 00, 7212.30.11 00, 7212.30.12 00, 7212.30.13 00, 7212.30.14 00, 7212.30.19 00, 7212.30.90 00, 7225.92.20 00, 7225.92.90 00, 7225.99.90 00, 7226.99.11 00, 7226.99.19 00, 7226.99.91 00 and 7226.99.99 00.