According to a statement released by Morocco's Industry, Trade and New Technologies Ministry, Morocco will continue to keep hot rolled flat steel imports from the European Union and Turkey under surveillance during the period of its antidumping duty investigation regarding imports of these products from the sources in question.
The statement indicates that import of hot rolled flat steel from the EU and Turkey will be conducted with the approval of Morocco's Department of Foreign Trade.
As previously reported by SteelOrbis, in January this year the Moroccan government initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation against the hot rolled flat steel imports from the European Union and Turkey upon the request of 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.
Morocco-based Maghrep Steel is capable of producing 1.2 million mt of crude steel and 500,000 mt of hot rolled flat steel per year. The company's flat steel products portfolio includes hot rolled and cold rolled sheet, galvanized sheet and color coated sheet, as well as quarto plate.
