On 22 August 2014 the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) announced the initiation of an investigation into the alleged dumping of portland cement, classifiable under tariff subheading 2523.29, originating in or imported from Pakistan and being dumped on the Southern African Customs Union (Sacu) market, causing material injury to the Sacu cement industry.
The application was lodged by Afrisam (South Africa) (Proprietary) Limited, Lafarge Industries South Africa (Proprietary) Limited, NPC Cimpor (RF) (Proprietary) Limited and PPC Limited who submitted sufficient evidence and established a prima facie case to enable Itac to arrive at a reasonable conclusion that an investigation should be initiated on the basis of dumping, material injury and/or threat of material injury and causality.
The allegation of dumping is based on the comparison between the normal value in Pakistan and the export price from Pakistan. The domestic selling price for Pakistan was determined based on a report by Genesis Analytics titled "Pakistan cement price data for January 2013 to December 2013". The export price for Pakistan was determined based on the official South African Revenue Service (Sars) import statistics. The dumping margin for Pakistan was determined to be 48%. On this basis, Itac found that there was a prima facie proof of dumping.
The period of investigation for purposes of determining the dumping in the country of origin will be from 01 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. The period of investigation for purposes of determining material injury and/or a threat of material injury will be from 01 January 2010 to 31 December 2013.
Comment is due by 02 October 2014.
The period of investigation for purposes of determining the dumping in the country of origin will be from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013. The period of investigation for purposes of determining material injury and/or a threat of material injury will be from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2013.
Comment is due by 02 October 2014.
