A coalition of major seamless steel cylinder manufacturers, who are members of the European Cylinders Manufacturers Association (ECMA), have filed a complaint against dumping and obtained an anti-dumping investigation from the European Commission into extremely cheap imports of high pressure steel cylinders from China. These cylinders are of Chinese origin and have been massively marketed in the European Union in recent years at prices often below the cost of production of European cylinders manufacturers.
A European coalition made up of Cylinders Holding a.s., Eurocylinder Systems AG, Faber Industrie S.p.A, Dalmine S.p.A and Worthington Cylinders GmbH points to manifestly unfair competition. “We welcome fair competition, but it is patently unfair to compete with a product whose selling price does not even cover the material and energy costs of a European cylinder manufacturer, let alone the production costs. Producers in the PRC are not bound by the social, economic and environmental regulations that govern producers in Europe. In addition, Chinese cylinder manufacturers benefit from significant cost distortions through subsidy mechanisms, which give them an unfair advantage when exporting to the EU. Together with our legal team, we believe we have a very strong case that we hope will lead to the introduction of tariffs to restore a level playing field across Europe,” said the coalition of five producers.
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Press release https://tinyurl.com/cn43w64r
