[Ferro-Alloys.com]Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and Ministry of Finance have decided to initiate a new anti-dumping investigation into Hot-dipped galvanized steel wire originating in China and Korea. On March 31, 2021, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry received an application to impose the anti-dumping duties on Hot-dipped galvanized steel wire originating in China and Korea from the applicants Nichia Steel Works Ltd, NS Hokkai Seisen Co Ltd, Galvart Japan Company Limited and Wire Techno Ltd. Both ministries examined the application and found that the application fulfilled the formal requirements for initiating an investigation. As a result, the ministries decided to initiate the investigation. Following those investigations, the Government of Japan will determine whether or not the product has been imported into Japan at dumped prices and if such dumped imports have caused material injury to the domestic industry, in accordance with the provisions of the international rules under the WTO Agreements and related domestic laws and regulations, and make a decision on whether or not to impose the anti-dumping duties on the product subject to the investigation.

• [Editor:李慧]