The anti-dumping duties impact on the rebar, wire rod and related products

The Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) has considered the appeal of РJSC “ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih” to conduct a special investigation into the import the rebar and wire rod into Ukraine from the Russian Federation.

Upon review of this treatment, ICIT adopted to impose a final anti-dumping duty in the amount of 15.21% on 6-40 mm rebar (inclusive) and the 5.5-14 mm wire rod (inclusive), imported from the Russian Federation on 28th December 2017. These products can be classified in accordance with the Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activities (UCGFEA) on codes: 7213 10 00 00, 7213 91 10 00, 7213 91 20 00, 7213 91 41 00, 7213 91 49 00, 7213 91 70 00, 7213 91 90 00, 7213 99 10 00, 7213 99 90 00, 7214 20 00 00, 7214 99 10 00, 7214 99 39 00, 7214 99 50 00, 7214 99 79 00, 7214 99 95 00, 7227 20 00 00, 7227 90 10 00, 7227 90 50 00, 7227 90 95 00, 7228 20 91 00, 7228 20 99 00, 7228 30 20 00, 7228 30 69 00, 7228 30 89 00.

However, these codes have a fairly wide application and in fact the duty applied not only to the rebar / wire rod, but also to related types of metal products (rods, bars) origin from the Russian Federation. These metal products used by many Ukrainian enterprises as a semi-finished product. This situation can lead to the final products cost increase produced in Ukraine and a decrease its competitiveness in the domestic and foreign markets.