The number of sources of imported coil in the EU has shrunk due to anti-dumping investigations into
hot rolled coil (HRC) from six countries, and definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on
cold rolled coil (CRC) from China and Russia.
In addition, the European Commission is expected to announce the start of a
new trade defence case into hot dipped galvanized coil (HDG) originating from China by the end of this year.
The offers of coil from countries not involved in the anti-dumping probes have not been “workable” due to high raw...