Malaysia slaps anti-dumping duties on tinplates from China, South Korea

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian government has imposed provisional anti-dumping duties on tinplates imported from China and South Korea.

According to a statement released by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), provisional anti-dumping duties ranging from 0% up to 25% will be applied on imports from China and Korea.

This comes after Perusahaan Sadur Timah Malaysia Bhd (Perstima) filed a petition claiming that imports of electrolytic tinplate originating in or exported from China and South Korea are being imported into Malaysia at a much lower price than the price in the domestic market of than that of the alleged countries.

Perstima filed the petition on behalf of the domestic industry producing tinplates.

“The petitioner claims that this is causing material injury to the domestic industry in Malaysia,” Miti said in a statement.

The Malaysian government initiated an anti-dumping investigation on Feb 20, 2013 based on the petition filed by Perstima.

“The Government has completed the preliminary investigation as provided under Section 23 of the Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993,” it said.

Miti added that the government found that there is sufficient evidence to continue its investigation on the importations of tinplate from China and South Korea, and therefore also decided to impose the provisional anti-dumping duties.

The duties are guaranteed by a security equal to the amount of the dumping margin determined through the preliminary investigation. The duties will be effective not more than 120 days from July 20, 2013.

Interested parties including importers, foreign producers and, or exports, and association related to the investigation can submit a written request to Miti to have access to the non-confidential version of the public report on the preliminary determination.