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On August 1, 2024, the Thailand Dumping and Subsidies Review Board issued a notice regarding the anti-dumping case of hot-rolled steel plates originating in China (Thai: เหล็กแร่นีดร๋นชนิดเ็นมๅนแลฯื). A final anti circumvention ruling was made, ruling that the Chinese product involved in the case had engaged in evasive behavior by doping alloys to change the product composition without affecting the basic characteristics or performance of the product. Therefore, it was decided to expand the scope of taxation for the involved product.
The highest tax rate is CIF30.91%, involving 17 Chinese companies
2. In the following circumstances, the import of the products involved shall be subject to anti-dumping duty at CIF0%.
(1) Hot rolled alloy coils S65CM steel with a thickness of 18 millimeters or more and a width of 1600 millimeters, used for producing threaded joint pipes, in accordance with the manufacturing processes and conditions announced by the Foreign Trade Department.
(2) The situation of re exporting imported products
(A) According to the laws of the Industrial Zones Authority of Thailand, industrial and commercial operators who use the products involved in the import into Thailand and export processing and trade zones for production or re export;
(B) According to the Investment Promotion Law, investors who put imported products involved in the case into production and export;
(C) According to the Customs Law, importers who use imported products involved in the case for export;
Importers who meet the requirements of (2) above shall be subject to an anti-dumping duty of CIF0% on imported products.
According to the above ruling, anti-dumping duties will be imposed starting from September 16, 2023. The announcement shall take effect from the day after its publication.
On June 16, 2010, Thailand initiated an anti-dumping S65CM steel investigation into hot-rolled steel plates originating from China and Malaysia. On August 12, 2011, Thailand made a final anti-dumping ruling on the case, deciding to impose anti-dumping duties on the involved products from China and Malaysia based on CIF prices, with duties ranging from 30.91% for China and 23.57% to 42.51% for Malaysia, respectively. On June 23, 2016, Thailand initiated its first anti-dumping sunset review investigation into hot-rolled steel plates originating from China and Malaysia. On June 23, 2017, Thailand made a positive final ruling on the sunset review of the case, deciding to continue imposing anti-dumping duties on the products involved in China and Malaysia for a period of 5 years, maintaining the original review rate unchanged, and valid until June 22, 2022.
On June 20, 2022, the Foreign Trade Department of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand issued a notice stating that the second anti-dumping sunset review investigation has been initiated on hot-rolled steel plates originating from China and Malaysia, in response to the application submitted by domestic manufacturers on February 9, 2022. On July 10, 2023, the Dumping and Subsidy Review Board of Thailand issued a statement, making a final positive ruling on the second anti-dumping sunset review of hot-rolled steel plates originating from China and Malaysia S65CM steel. It decided to continue imposing anti-dumping duties on the products in question from the aforementioned countries for a period of 5 years based on the CIF price, with the tax rate unchanged. Among them, Chinese companies Angang Steel Company Limited, Hunan Valin Lian Gang Import and Export Company Limited, and other companies were all 30.91%, Malaysian company Megasteel Sdn. Bhd. was 23.57%, and other companies were 42.51%.
On September 15, 2023, the Department of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Commerce of Thailand issued a notice stating that an anti circumvention investigation will be launched on hot-rolled steel plates originating in China, in response to applications submitted by domestic Thai enterprises. Examine whether the products involved in the case imported from China S65CM steel have changed their composition by doping with alloys to avoid current anti-dumping duties.
