In very recent times there have been a number of dumping and
subsidy investigations and associated measures affecting materials
used in the construction, manufacturing and automotive industries.
This has included the following:
- Dumping and subsidy measures imposed on extruded
aluminium;
- Dumping measures imposed on hollow steel sections;
- Dumping and countervailing measures imposed on aluminium road
wheels; and
- Proposed dumping measures on hot rolled coil steel.
All of these investigations and measures apply to exports from
various Asian countries especially the People's Republic of
China ("PRC"), the Republic of Korea
("Korea"), Taiwan and Japan.
These investigations are all at various stages and we are
involved in the majority of these investigations. For example, the
measures recently imposed on aluminium road wheels are subject to
applications for review by the Trade Measures Review Officer
("TMRO"). These applications have been
made by a number of
