Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance jointly decided to start an antidumping duty investigation on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip from China and Taiwan, they announced. The investigation, which will take a year, was opened following a petition from Japanese producers Nippon Steel, Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., NAS Stainless Steel Strip Manufacturing Co. and Nippon Kinzoku. The ministries noted that the investigation also covers the customs territories of Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu but excludes the regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
The World Trade Organization's published its agenda for the Dispute Settlement Body's July 25 meeting. The meeting will feature U.S. status reports on the implementation of DSB recommendations on: antidumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products from Japan; antidumping and countervailing measures on large residential washers from South Korea; certain methodologies and their application to antidumping proceedings involving China; and Section 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. Status reports also are expected from Indonesia on measures related to the import of horticultural products, animals and animal products, and from the EU on measures affecting the approval and marketing of biotech products and on certain measures concerning palm oil and oil palm crop-based biofuels.
The European Commission on July 14 imposed definitive antidumping duties on multilayered wood flooring from China, ranging from 21.3% to 36.1%. Specifically, the duties cover wood flooring that's made of several layers of wood veneer glued or bonded together. They were imposed following an investigation finding that dumped Chinese flooring imports were harming the EU industry.
The European Commission on July 11 imposed definitive antidumping duties on lysine from China. The duties range from 47.7% to 58.2% and were imposed following an investigation that showed that dumped imports of Chinese lysine are harming the EU industry. Lysine is an "essential amino acid for human and animal health," the commission said, noting that synthetic lysine is used in animal feed, pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements.
China is imposing antidumping duties ranging from 27.7% to 34.9% for five years on brandy imported from the EU, China's Ministry of Commerce said, according to an unofficial translation. The duties won't apply to a list of 34 EU brandy products whose companies agreed to certain "price commitments" for their sales to China, a ministry spokesperson said. The new rates took effect July 5.
Japan imposed definitive antidumping duties on graphite electrodes from China on June 27, the Ministry of Finance announced. The duties will be imposed at a 95.2% rate following a finding that Chinese graphite electrodes injure the Japanese industry. They will be in effect for a five-year period starting July 3.
China is renewing its antidumping duties on stainless steel billets and stainless steel hot-rolled plates and coils from the EU, the U.K., South Korea and Indonesia, the country's Ministry of Commerce said June 30, according to an unofficial translation. The duties, which will remain in place for five years beginning July 1, include a 43% duty on EU and U.K. companies; a 103.1% duty on Korean companies, along with a 23.1% rate for South Korea-based Posco; and a 20.2% rate for Indonesian companies. Beijing said it renewed the duties, first imposed in 2019, to protect its domestic stainless steel industries.
The European Commission on June 20 extended antidumping duties on graphite electrode systems from China to cover artificial graphite in blocks or cylinders in an effort to combat duty circumvention, the Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security announced. The commission said it found in an investigation that the AD on graphite electrode systems from China was being circumvented by entries of artificial graphite, which is the main input material of graphite electrode systems. The AD rate on artificial graphite that is used to produce GES will be set at 74.9%.
China is extending its antidumping duty investigation on imports of pork and pork byproducts from the EU (see 2406180009), according to an unofficial translation of a Ministry of Commerce press release. The review was scheduled to be completed by June 17, but China said it's now hoping to finish it by Dec. 16 "in view of the complexity of this case." China announced the investigation last year, days after the EU said it would set new countervailing duties on Chinese electric vehicles (see 2406120008).
The European Commission on June 12 imposed definitive antidumping duties of 131.1% on vanillin from China, the Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security announced. Vanillin is a flavoring used in foods, perfumes and pharmaceuticals, the commission said.