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A Strategic Outlook for the Global Welded Pipe and Tube Market to 2028
Friday, 10 August 2018
The welded pipe market has been going through a challenging time. Demand has been recovering at a slow pace in major markets. There is also some uncertainty around the energy sector which is one of the largest consumers of welded pipes. Oil prices have started picking up and will further increase as more severe US
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Chinese anti-dumping duties on stainless steel imports can impact Indonesia the most
Friday, 27 July 2018
China has opened antidumping investigations on stainless steel imports from the EU, Japan, South Korea and Indonesia as trade tensions around the globe heated up after the US implemented section 232 to impose 25% tariff on steel imports. Around 98% of the Chinese stainless steel imports are coming from these locations. The Commerce Ministry of
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EU takes further initiatives to curb steel imports with implications for intra company trade
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
European Commission has imposed provisional safeguard measures on imports of 23 steel products categories for a maximum of 200 days. Tariffs of 25% will come into force once the steel imports exceed the average of imports over the last three years. The EU safeguard measures have been taken in response to the 25% import duties
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Iran has emerged as a significant steel exporter but is threatened by impending sanctions
Friday, 13 July 2018
Iran is the largest producer in the Middle East and North Africa and is the 13th world largest steel producer with 21.2 million tonnes of crude steel production in 2017. Some of its major steel producers include Mobarakeh Steel, Khouzestan Steel and Esfahan Steel. The country has planned to raise its output to 55 million
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Pakistan supports its local steel industry with antidumping duties
Monday, 18 June 2018
Pakistan National Tariff Commission (NTC) imposed up to 14.24% anti-dumping duties on imports of colour coated galvanised steel coils (organic coated steel) from China and South Africa for the next five years. The decision was made in June 2018 on the basis that the imported steel coils were potentially being imported at dumped prices causing
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AK Steel makes technical advancements to help improve its share in the grain oriented electrical steel market
Monday, 04 June 2018
AK Steel launched a new family of high-permeability grain oriented electrical steel (GOES), which is specially designed for high- and ultrahigh-voltage transformers. The company disclosed that its new TRAN-COR X family of grain oriented electrical steel is a step improvement over its current TRAN-COR H steels. It is expected that the new grade steels will
Following steel, auto tariffs can be the next to hit NAFTA. Would comparative disadvantage work for the US?
Friday, 01 June 2018
The North American automotive industry is highly integrated. Vehicles are built on shared platforms, enhancing the whole supply chain across the region. Robust demand in the regional automotive industry attracted all major global OEMs to the region which created fierce competition and sophisticated network of OEMs and auto parts suppliers. This enables them to source
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China closes excess capacity, but diminishing demand will undermine the efforts
Thursday, 24 May 2018
China is going to close its outdated steel capacity which will bring the country total steel capacity below one billion tonnes by 2025, according to China Iron and Steel Association (CISA). Commodity Inside understands that this is in line with the country efforts on improving environmental conditions as well with the current Sino-US trade tensions.
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