On May 12, 2025, the Minister of Finance (MOF) received an application from NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co., Ltd., NAS Stainless Steel Strip MFG. Co., Ltd. and NIPPON KINZOKU CO., LTD., to impose an anti-dumping duty on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet, and strip originating in the People鈥檚 Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong and Macao) and Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and…
Since April 24, 2024, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Ministry of Finance (MOF) had been conducting an anti-dumping investigation into graphite electrodes imported from China. As a result of the investigation, on 28 February 2025, METI and MOF issued a provisional determination that presumes the fact of dumping and the substantial damage that such dumping caused to Japanese industries.After the interested parties submitted evidence for provisional determination and were granted…
On March 4, 2025, the Korea Trade Commission (KTC) announced the launch of the anti-dumping (AD) investigation into hot-rolled steel plates imported from Japan and China. This investigation was launched in response to the anti-dumping complaint filed by Hyundai Steel, a major South Korean steel manufacturer, with the KTC in December 2024, claiming that it was suffering damage due to the unfairly cheap imports of hot-rolled steel plates from Japan and China. In the past,…
The number of import permits has been increasing significantly over the past few years due to the expansion of cross-border electronic commerce. In the midst of this trend, many cases of smuggling of illicit drugs and intellectual property infringing goods have been detected, and cases of inappropriate importation of FS-used cargo (*) by impersonation and tax evasion by low value declarations have become apparent. In light of this background, the Customs and Excise Department will…
In the realm of international trade, the anti-dumping instrument plays a crucial role in safeguarding domestic industries against unfair trading practices. The high number of anti-dumping investigations initiated around the world, as well as an increasingly broad product scope (such as touted cases on hydrogen or electric vehicles), mean that many internationally active companies will need to be aware of anti-dumping. While World Trade Organization law sets out the general framework for municipal anti-dumping rules,…
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