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New duties on steel products indicative of South Africa’s ‘value-chain’ approach to protection

The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) confirms that it has recommended increased protection on several downstream steel products and that it is also considering recommending duties on a range of other value-added steel products in future. In addition, the commission has told Engineering News Online that investigations into extending safeguard protection on two primary-steel product categories are at their “final stages”.