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CSC Steel Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's principal domestic producer of galvanised flat-rolled steel, petitioned MITI in late 2024/early 2025 alleging that imports of galvanised coils and sheets from China, South Korea and Vietnam were being dumped and causing material injury to the local industry. MITI's Trade Remedies division opened a formal investigation on 6 February 2025, found sufficient preliminary evidence, and imposed provisional duties (effective 5 July 2025) ranging China 3.86%-26.80%, South Korea 8.97%-31.47%, Vietnam 11.41%-57.90% (company-specific rates; e.g. Baosteel Zhanjiang at the low end for China, Hyundai Steel for Korea, Hoa Sen Group for Vietnam), on flat-rolled galvanised steel classified under roughly 22 tariff lines spanning HS headings 7210, 7212, 7225 and 7226.
The final (definitive) determination, announced 1 November 2025, confirmed material injury and set five-year definitive duties (1 Nov 2025-31 Oct 2030): China 5.60%-26.80%, South Korea 2.21%-31.47%, and Vietnam -14.17% (de minimis/ negative, i.e. exempt for some exporters) to 57.90% — broadly similar bands to the provisional rates with some company-level adjustment following verification.
Severity is set at 2 (moderate/contained): this is a standard bilateral trade remedy on a single product category, not an economy-wide or chokepoint material action, but it is quant-anchored via the dominant China ad valorem ceiling (26.80%).
an active AD/CVD authority (Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties Act 1993) that had no prior register coverage despite steady case activity.
flat steel is a widely used downstream input (construction, automotive panels, appliances, roofing), so the duty raises costs for Malaysian fabricators sourcing from these three exporters while protecting CSC Steel's domestic position.
(Indonesia KPPI, Vietnam MOIT/TRAV, South Africa ITAC, Korea KTC, Türkiye) targeting China-origin flat-steel overcapacity exports.
Group, etc.) file for judicial/WTO review of the final determination.
product-modification circumvention attempts routed through third countries, as seen in the parallel Vietnam MOIT anti-circumvention case on wide-width HRC from China.