Duties have finally been increased on the coated steel products applied for in December 2014. It was approved for increase by Minister Davies on 28 August 2015. The approval thus took 8 months and the implementation another month. As stated before, it longer for government to implement the decision in this case than they have allowed the whole downstream industry to respond in the most recent steel matter, where only 2 weeks was given as a response time.
The duties imposed this time around
The duties have been increased to 10% for all of the following steel products, unless those imports are from the EU, EFTA and SADC regions.
| Tariff subheading | Description |
|---|---|
| 72.10 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of 600 mm or more, clad, plated or coated: |
| 7210.4 | Otherwise plated or coated with zinc: |
| 7210.41 | Corrugated |
| 7210.49 | Other |
| 7210.6 | Plated or coated with aluminium: |
| 7210.61 | Plated or coated with aluminium-zinc alloys |
| 7210.70 | Painted, varnished or coated with plastics |
| 7210.90 | Other |
| 72.12 | Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, clad, plated or coated: |
| 7212.30 | Otherwise plated or coated with zinc |
| 7212.40 | Painted, varnished or coated with plastics |
| 7225.99 | Other |