Coal and steel slabs.

The Ministry of Economy published on 21 September 2020 in the Official Journal of the Federation, the order accepting the request from an interested party and declaring the initiation of the proceeding ANTI-DUMPING INVESTIGATION ON IMPORTS OF COAL AND STEEL SLABS ORIGINATING IN THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, regardless of the country of origin.

In the publication, it is mentioned that the company Arcelormittal México, S.A. de C.V., entered a request for the initiation of the administrative procedure of investigation for unfair practices of international trade, in its modality of price discrimination, which was accepted by the Secretary of Economy.

The subject of the investigation will be the coal and steel slabs, which is a solid semi-finished product of steel, of rectangular section which is obtained by continuous casting processes and is commercially known as slabs.

This product enters the national market through the tariff fractions 7207.12.99, 7207.20.99, 7224.90.02 and 7224.90.99 of the TIGIE

The investigation period shall run from 1 January to 31 December 2019 and the injury analysis period shall run from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019.

The above-mentioned resolution provides an opportunity for those natural or legal persons interested in participating in the investigation procedure, within 23 working days commencing five days after the date of dispatch of the official notification of the initiation of proceedings, or five days after the publication of the decision in the Official Journal.

If your company imports coal and steel slabs as part of its production inputs, in Bandala | Díaz | García we have the specialized personnel who can help you determine the convenience of participating in this research.

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