Anti-dumping Duties

It was published in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)’s media release dated 25 June 2012, that the Government of Malaysia has received a petition from the domestic steel wire rods producing-industry requesting for the imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of steel wire rods. The Government conducted a detailed investigation on the cooperating importers in Malaysia and foreign producers in Chinese Taipei, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey and has now completed the investigation.

The scope of products under investigation covers steel wire rods with carbon content below 0.6% which are classifiable within the Malaysian Harmonised System Code (H.S. Code) 7213 (H.S. 7213.10.000, H.S. 7213.20.000, H.S. 7213.91.000 and H.S. 7213.99.000), and the ASEAN Harmonized Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 7213.10.0000, 7213.20.0000, 7213.91.2000, 7213.91.9000, 7213.99.1000, 7213.99.2000 and 7213.99.9000.

Customs (Anti-Dumping Duties) Order 2013 [P.U. (A) 53/2013]

The Order shall have effect for the period from 20 February 2013 to 19 February 2018. The salient points to note are as follows:-

Anti-dumping duties

Anti-dumping duties shall be levied on and paid by the importers in respect of the goods specified in columns (2) and (3) of the Schedule exported from the countries specified in column (4) into Malaysia by the exporters or producers specified in column (5) at the rates specified in column (6).

Effect on import duties and sales tax

The imposition of anti-dumping duties shall be without prejudice to the imposition and collection of –

(a) Import duties under the Customs Act 1967; and

(b) Sales tax under the Sales Tax Act 1972 [Act 64].

The legislation can be viewed from the Attorney-General’s Chambers website.