TRID, which will shortly become an arms-length body of
the Department of International Trade, will undertake
transition reviews into existing duties on certain Cold
Rolled Flat Steel products from China and Russia as
well as high fatigue performance iron or steel concrete
reinforcing bars and rods (sometimes referred to as HFP
Rebars) from China.
The reviews will consider whether the duties are needed
to offset dumping of Cold Rolled Flat Steel and HFP
Rebar in the UK and whether UK industry would be
damaged if the duties were no longer applied. Chief
Executive of TRID Oliver Griffiths said:
“The initiation of these two new investigations means
we now have 11 active transition reviews, with more to
come. In every case our focus is on defending UK
economic interests against unfair international trade
practices.”
For both Cold Rolled Flat Steel and HFP Rebar, the
investigations will cover 1 April 2020 to 31 March
2021. In order to assess injury, TRID will examine the
period from 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2021.
TRID will shortly become an independent arms length
body of the Department of International Trade as the
Trade Bill has
now become law.
View further
information on our current Transition Reviews,
including the notices of initiation for both Cold
Rolled Flat Steel and HFP Rebar.
Note to editors:
- Anti-dumping duties allow a country or union to
take action against goods sold at less than their
normal value, defined as the price for ‘like goods’
sold in the exporter’s home market.
- Cold Rolled Flat Steel is used in the manufacture
of parts for the automotive industry, construction
components and domestic appliances, as well as other
goods. The products under investigation include:
- Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of
stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled
(cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated ad not
further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced).
- HFP Rebar, also known as reinforcement steel
and reinforcing steel, is typically used to
reinforce concrete and masonry structures to
strengthen and hold the concrete in tension
