Now Open: Antidumping Investigation on Brazilian Imports of hot-rolled flat stainless-steel products from China, India and Indonesia

In brief

On 30 June 2025, SECEX (the Brazilian Secretariat of International Trade) initiated an antidumping investigation on the Brazilian imports of hot-rolled flat stainless-steel products from China, India and Indonesia, commonly classified under the NCM code 7219.11.00, 7219.12.00, 7219.13.00, 7219.14.00, 7219.21.00, 7219.22.00, 7219.23.00, 7219.24.00, 7220.11.00, 7220.12.20, and 7220.12.90.

This is an input widely used for countless applications, such as the manufacture of sinks and tubs, cutlery, household utilities, tubes for the furniture industry, elevator linings, evaporator tubes, cutlery, household utensils, consumer goods, interior architecture; capital segments such as railway wagons, measuring, hospital, dental and surgical instruments, mining and steel, cutting blades and brake discs. 

The investigation may result in the imposition of antidumping measures and the consequent increase in the cost of Brazilian imports of hot-rolled flat stainless-steel products for a period of 05 (five) years.

The original text of the Official Notice of Initiation of the antidumping investigation (in Portuguese) is available in the following link.

Relevance of stakeholder participation

Active participation of importers, exporters, and any other interested parties in the investigation may be decisive in securing a more favorable outcome. Interested parties can request to be admitted as parties in the investigation until 18 July 2025[1], provided that they demonstrate the extent to which they could be affected by the imposition of the antidumping duty.

• Deadline for replying to the Importer’s Questionnaire: 30 days as of acknowledgement of receipt (presumed 3 days after the date of electronic transmission by the authority);
• Deadline for replying to the Exporter’s Questionnaire: 30 days as of acknowledgement of receipt (presumed 7 days after the date of electronic transmission by the authority).

Usually, a public interest assessment may be requested only after the conclusion of the trade remedies investigation, as established by SECEX Ordinance No. 282/2023 (additional information is available in our Legal Alert on the subject).

More details

• Petitioners: Aperam Inox América do Sul S.A.
• Investigated product: Hot-rolled flat stainless-steel products, classified under the NCM codes 7219.11.00, 7219.12.00, 7219.13.00, 7219.14.00, 7219.21.00, 7219.22.00, 7219.23.00, 7219.24.00, 7220.11.00, 7220.12.20, and 7220.12.90.
• Uses: The subproducts below are typically used for:
  • Austenitic 3XX and 2XX– manufacturing of sinks and basins, cutlery, household utensils, tubes for the furniture industry, elevator cladding, and tubes for evaporators;
  • Ferritic 4XX – Manufacturing of exhaust gas systems for internal combustion engines, general stamping, household utensils (cookware, sinks, and cutlery), industrial kitchens, and oil refineries. Also used in indoor applications such as domestic utensils, consumer goods (stoves, fridges, washing machines) and interior architecture; capital segment such as railway wagons;
  • Martensitic 4XX – manufacturing of cutlery, measuring instruments, medical, dental, and surgical tools, mining and steelmaking equipment, cutting blades and brake discs.
• Dumping margins:
  • China: US$ 1,070.85/t | 50.1%
  • India: US$ 799.23/t | 30.5%
  • Indonesia: US$ 594.64/t |25.3%

[1] Conservative counting of the 20-day deadline, pursuant to Article 45, paragraph third, of the Decree No. 8,058/2013.