Regarding the 11 percent antidumping (AD) duty imposed on Turkish hot rolled flat steel imports, the Turkish Steel Exporters Association (CIB) has said that the Moroccan authorities did not specify how the duty rate was calculated and what kind of injury the Turkish imports caused in the Moroccan market. The antidumping duty rate was calculated at zero percent for Turkish steelmakers Colakoglu and Erdemir.
CIB chairman Namk Ekinci said that Turkish steel industry's exports to Morocco in the first seven months of the current year amounted to $207 million in value. He went on to say that, during the antidumping investigation period, Morocco prevented Turkish steel products entering the market via non-tariff barriers. Turkish steel exports to Morocco stopped because the Moroccan authorities did not issue the required import certificate during the investigation period. Mr. Ekinci said that, because of this, Turkey has not exported hot rolled flat steel products to Morocco since the end of March this year.
In January 2013, Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Trade initiated an antidumping duty investigation against hot rolled flat steel imports from the European Union and Turkey upon the request of the domestic steel producer Maghreb Steel.
The goods subject to investigation are currently classified under Harmonized System code numbers 7208 (excluding 7208.10 and 7208.40), 7211.13, 7211.14 and 7211.19.
