On May 22, the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade decided to violate an anti-dumping investigation into imports of rolled carbon steel to Ukraine with a coating from the Republic of Turkey, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of India. The corresponding announcement was officially published in the Government Courier.
The investigation was initiated following a complaint from the Ukrainian manufacturers of metal products, Modul-Ukraine LLC and Polistyl LLC. It concerns the following products: flat rolled products made of carbon steel, clad, electroplated or otherwise coated, classified in subheadings 7210 70, 7210 90 and 7212 40 according to the UKT FEA (with the exception of flat rolled products made of carbon steel coated with tin (white tin or tinned tin) with a thickness of 0.14–0.28 mm (including thickness tin coating layer), with a lithographed image and/or a protective coating of varnish, is used for the production of metal (tin) food containers and packaging and is supplied in the form of sheets with a maximum size of 1,000 by 1,000 mm, which is classified according to code 7210 70 10 00 according to the UKT of the Foreign Economic Activity).
After reviewing the complaint of the Ukrainian manufacturers, the ICMT concluded that it provided sufficient evidence that could indicate the import of coated rolled products from Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea and India at dumping prices. The ICMT also agreed that the volume of such imports was significant and threatened to cause significant damage to the national commodity producer.
In particular, it is noted that during the study period (2022-2024), the volume of imports of coated rolled products from Turkey, Vietnam, South Korea and India to Ukraine increased 4.5 times. At the same time, the weighted average import prices from these countries tended to decrease, and since 2023 they have been significantly lower than the average price of such goods from applicants. This, as noted, prevented an increase in prices for such goods on the domestic market, which would have occurred in the absence of dumping imports.
"The Ukrainian industry, including the rental market, operates under conditions of prolonged full-scale armed aggression and is in a vulnerable state due to the destruction of the logistics infrastructure, lack of financial resources, and personnel losses. In order to maintain market share through dumping imports, the National producer was forced to adjust product prices downwards, which negatively affected its profitability and profit," said Olena Omelchenko, Head of International Trade Practice at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm, representing the interests of Ukrainian manufacturers.
She added: "Considering
