Filippinerna börjar skydda sonden på Galvalume-import

Asien / FlatProducts

ThePhilippinesannouncedinitiationofsafeguarddutyinvestigationongalvalume

(AR) import.

OnJune15,2020, theDepartmentofTradeandIndustry (DTI) initiatedsafeguards

investigationonGLimports.ThePhilippines'flatsteelproducerSonicSteelIndustries

submittedapetitiontoDTItoimposethedutyandprotectthelocalsteelindustry

fromtheinflowofcheapimports, MetalExperthaslearnt.Theinvestigation

coverstheperiodfrom2014to2018.ThedecisionisappliedtogoodsunderHS

codes7210.61.11,7210.61.19,7210.61.91,7210.61.92,7210.61.99,7210.69.11,7210.69.19,

7210.69.91,7210.69.99,7212.50.19,7212.50.23,7212.50.24,7212.50.29,7212.50.93,

7212.50.94, and7212.50.99.

Basedontheinitialfindingsintheinvestigationcovering2014-2018, theimportsof

GLincreasedfromabout770tin2014to126,000tin2018.InJanuary november

2019, importswererecordedat122,232tor97% ofthe2018level. ”Inabsolute

volym, therehasbeenarecent, kor, suddenandsignificantincreaseinimports

overtheperiodcoveredbytheinvestigation”DTIstatedinthereport.