EU launches probe into Chinese stainless steel products
Updated: 2014-06-28 06:50
By Du Juan (China Daily)
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The European Commission has launched an anti-dumping investigation against cold rolled stainless steel product imports from China, a move detrimental to Chinese exporters, experts said on Friday.
The commission said on Thursday that the probe would cover cold-rolled stainless steel products imported from China's mainland and Taiwan, as it felt that steel products were being dumped at prices lower than the actual costs in the European Union.
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Xu Xiangchun, information director of Mysteel.com, a steel industry consultancy based in Shanghai, said the Chinese government has not announced any policies to encourage exports of steel products or provide subsidies to these companies.
"Most of the steel companies have increased exports due to weak domestic demand and falling prices," he said. "If the EC decided to impose punitive taxes on stainless steel products, it will hurt many of these companies."
However, the EC decision will not have a big influence on China's full-year steel exports as stainless steel accounts for a small portion of the total exports.
"With China's products taking a bigger share in the international market, it is natural that the industry will face increasing trade disputes as foreign companies will use trade protectionism to protect their interests," Xu said.
Chinese companies should cooperate with the investigation actively and provide evidence to show that they are not selling products at prices lower than the cost price, he said.
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