Brazil imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel products

Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on a range of Chinese steel products, Steel Orbis reports.

The measures, approved by Brazil’s foreign trade authority (CAMEX), will be in place for five years and apply to cold-rolled coil (CRC) and hot-dip galvanized coil (HDG) shipped from China.

Brazilian duties on cold-rolled steel from China range from $322.93/t to $670.02/t, depending on the exporter, while for HDG they will range from $284.98 to $709.63 per ton.

Last year, the country imported 202,000 tons of CRC and 1.42 million tons of HDG from China.

The announced measure is the result of an investigation launched in 2024 in response to a petition from Usiminas, one of Brazil’s largest steel producers, which cited unfair trade practices by Chinese companies.

In recent years, BNamericas writes, several steel companies in the country have complained about the rapid growth of Chinese imports, as well as a reduction in investment amid aggressive competition.

The industry association Instituto Aço Brasil welcomed this government measure. According to its data, in 2025, imports of rolled products to the country increased by 20.5% year-on-year to 5.7 million tons, of which 63.7% came from China.

The association also advocated for constant monitoring of steel volumes entering the country and abnormal reasons for this influx in order to avoid possible irreversible consequences for the metallurgical sector.

It should be recalled that at the end of last year, India imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese cold-rolled non-oriented electrical steel (CRNO) for a period of five years.