Ukraine may introduce anti-dumping duties on galvanized and other rolled steel coated from the PRC

The initiator of the anti-dumping investigation against the Chinese rolled metal products is the network of service metal centers of the Dutch group Metinvest B.V. Metinvest-SMC. Dmitry Lippa, General Director of Metinvest-SMC, announced his desire to see protective duties on coated flat products manufactured in the People's Republic of China (PRC).

“We would like to see some kind of protective duty on this product,” Lippa said at the IV National Conference of Steel Construction Market Participants in Kiev on Thursday.

He recalled that this year Metinvest is implementing a program for the production of polymer-coated rolled products within the framework of agreements with the Modul-Ukraine company. The production uses cold-rolled steel from the Metinvest Zaporizhstal Group's metallurgical plant.

“We hope that Ukrainian coated rolled products will win a place in the Ukrainian market,” Lippa summed up.

The IV National Conference of Steel Construction Market Participants (NCURSS) is the largest event in the metal construction industry, uniting leading manufacturers and distributors of rolled metal, enterprises producing metal structures, roofing and facade systems, design and scientific organizations, construction, development companies and industry experts.

Metinvest is the largest producer of iron ore and steel in Ukraine and one of the largest producers of iron ore and steel in the CIS. The main shareholders of Metinvest Group are SCM Group (71.24%) and Smart Holding Group (23.76%), which participate in the management of Metinvest on a partnership basis.

The main holding company of Metinvest Group is Metinvest B.V. (Netherlands, registration number 24321697), whose office is located at Alexanderstraat 23, 2514JM's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands.