On 28 April 2015, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping investigation based on a petition filed by Bahru Stainless Sdn. Bhd. (Bahru) on behalf of the domestic industry producing Cold Rolled Stainless Steel (CRSS). The petitioner alleges that imports of CRSS originating in or exported from the Chinese Taipei, France, Hong Kong, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Finland, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam are being imported into Malaysia at a price much lower than the price in the domestic market of the alleged countries. The petitioner claims that this is causing material injury to the domestic industry in Malaysia. 

However, based on paragraph 23(2)(b) of the Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993, the Government of Malaysia has decided to terminate this investigation. The Government of Malaysia has found that there is no material injury on the domestic industry in Malaysia producing the like product that can be reasonably linked to the importation of CRSS in coils, sheets or any other form with the thickness of not more than 6.5 millimetres and width of not more than 1,600 millimetres classified under the Harmonised System Code (H.S. Code) 7219.31 000, 7219.32 000, 7219.33 000, 7219.34 000, 7219.35 000, 7220.20 130, 7220.20 190 and 7220.20 900 and ASEAN Harmonised Tariff Nomenclature (AHTN) 7219.31.00  00, 7219.32.00  00, 7219.33.00  00, 7219.34.00  00, 7219.35.00  00, 7220.20.10 00, 7220.20.90 10 and 7220.20.90 90  originating or exported from Chinese Taipei, Finland, France, Hong Kong, Japan, People’s Republic of China, Republic of Indonesia, Republic of Korea and Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

All interested parties may access the notice of negative preliminary determination of the anti-dumping duty investigation from MITI's website at www.miti.gov.my.

Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
25 September 2015