The move
comes upon recommendations by the competent advisory committee after investigating
claims that US PVC hurt the domestic industry.
Cairo- Dec 6,
2021
Minister
of Trade and Industry Nevine Gamea has issued a decree imposing a definitive
anti-dumping duty of 9% of the CIF value (costs, insurance and freight charges)
on Egyptian imports of Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), originating or exported from
the United States (HS Code 3904100090), for a period of 5 years from the date
of publication in the Egyptian Gazette.
Ibrahim
al-Seguiny, assistant minister for economic affairs and head of the Trade Remedies
Sector at MTI, said that the move comes upon recommendations by the competent
advisory committee after investigating claims made by local manufacturers that US
PVC shipments hurt the domestic industry.