On May 31, 2024, Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam received information that the Korean Trade Commission initiated an anti-dumping investigation on cold rolled stainless steel originating or imported from Vietnam, specifically:

I. Relevant information

1. Date of initiation of investigation: May 30, 2024

2. Item under investigation: Cold rolled stainless steel

HS code: 7219.31.1010, 7219.31.1090, 7219.31.9000, 7219.32.1010, 7219.32.1090, 7219.32.9000, 7219.33.1010, 7219.33.1090, 7219.33.9000, 7219.34.1010, 7219.34.1090, 7219.34.9000, 7219.35.1010, 7219.35.1090, 7219.35.9000, 7219.90.1010, 7219.90.1090, 7219.90.9000, 7220.20.1010, 7220.20.1090, 7220.20.9000, 7220.90.1010, 7220.90.1090, 7220.90.9000

3. Period of investigation: 

- Period of Investigation (Dumping): January 01 - December 31, 2023.

- Period of Investigation (Injury): January 01 - December 31, 2023.

- Investigation period before extension: October 30, 2024 - March 29, 2025. Under the original schedule, the KTC was expected to issue the Final Determination in March 2025.

- Investigation period after extension: October 30, 2024 - May 02, 2025. Under the revised schedule, the KTC is expected to issue the Final Determination on May 02, 2025.

4. Plaintiff: POSCO Limited Liability Company

5. Preliminary determination:

On 17 October 2024, the KTC published the Preliminary Determination of the investigation. Accordingly, the KTC determined dumping margins for the mandatory respondents from Viet Nam ranging from 3.66% to 11.37%, while other Vietnamese exporters were subject to an all-others rate of 4.79%.

6. Final determination:

The KTC determined the final dumping margins for the two mandatory respondents from Viet Nam at 18.81% (an increase of 15.15 percentage points compared with the Preliminary Determination) and 11.37% (unchanged from the Preliminary Determination), respectively.

Other Vietnamese exporters are subject to a final all-others rate of 11.37% (an increase of 6.58 percentage points compared with the Preliminary Determination).

II. Case calendar 

The case documents are attached below: