Posted on 24 Jun 2025
Malaysia has announced its final decision in the sunset review of anti-dumping duties on cold rolled coil originating from China, Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam.
The products involved are iron or non-alloy steel, exceeding 1,300mm in width, classified under HS codes 7209.15.0000, 7209.16.1000, 7209.16.9000, 7209.17.1000, 7209.17.9000, 7209.18.9900, 7225.50.1000 and 7225.50.9000.
Following a comprehensive review conducted by Malaysia's Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, the Malaysian government will continue imposing anti-dumping duties on imports from China and Japan for another five years. Duties on products from South Korea and Vietnam will be lifted, Kallanish notes. Tin mill black plate and products intended for automotive and transformer finwall applications are exempted from the duties.
As per the final determination, effective from 23 June 2025 to 22 June 2030, Malaysia will maintain anti-dumping duties on CRC of 4.76-26.38% for Chinese producers. The duty on Angang Steel Company Limited is at 4.82%, Ma'anshan Iron and Steel at 4.76%, Shougang Jingtang United Iron & Steel at 8.74%, and all other Chinese exporters will face duties at 26.38%.
For Japan, a uniform duty rate of 26.39% will be applied to all producers and exporters. The Japan Iron and Steel Federation (JISF), however, responded on 23 June stating that CRC exports from Japan are intended exclusively for automotive end-use applications.
While acknowledging that certain automotive-use products have been excluded from the scope of Malaysia's anti-dumping measures, the Japanese steel industry argues it is inappropriate and regrettable that Malaysia has concluded Japanese product has caused injury.
Meanwhile, imports of the same product from South Korea and Vietnam will no longer be subject to anti-dumping duties. The investigation into these two countries has been officially terminated following a negative final determination, which concluded that the removal of duties would not likely result in renewed dumping or harm to Malaysia's domestic industry.
The review was initiated on 24 December 2024, after Mycron Steel CRC Sdn. Bhd. submitted an application on behalf of domestic industry. The request sought to assess whether the expiry of existing duties would likely result in a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to local producers (see Kallanish passim).
Source:Kallanish
