Our Mission

Our mission is; to develop understanding between producers, traders and consumers of long steel products around the world;

to add value to international trading activities of our members by providing an environment facilitating better relationships with the shipping and finance industries as well as inspection services;

to help our members reach useful information about the markets around the globe;

to facilitate an environment in which our members can meet new parties to create business opportunuties;

to create a better atmosphere for fair business.

News

CITT has not recommended final safeguard duty for rebar or wire rods

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has recommended final safeguard duties for only two steel products, i.e., heavy plate and stainless steel wire, from among the seven steel products that have already been subject to provisional safeguard duties since October 2018. For the remaining five products, the CITT has either found no increase in imports [...]

Ukrainian president approves scrap export duty increase

The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) has announced that Ukraine’s president Mr.Petro Poroshenko has approved the bill to increase the export duty on steel scrap from €42/mt to €58/mt for two years until 2021. In early March, the Ukrainian parliament had approved the bill to increase the export duty on scrap, though it revoked it in the [...]

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