South Africa has introduced high import tariffs on structural steel from China and Thailand after an investigation found the products were sold at unfairly low prices.
The duties, effective Thursday, stand at 74.98 percent on imports from China and 20 percent on those from Thailand. They will last for five years, the government announced in a notice published this week.
The International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC), which carried out the probe, concluded that dumped imports had caused “material injury” to South Africa’s domestic producer of these goods, ArcelorMittal’s local unit, undercutting its steel by around 20 percent.
Imports from the two countries surged nearly 19-fold in fiscal 2024, reaching about 28,800 tonnes, with China supplying 65 percent of the total, according to ITAC findings….
South Africa Imposes Steep Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese and Thai Steel
