{"id":29358,"date":"2026-03-20T12:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=29358"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:02:51","slug":"sa-imposes-steep-tariffs-on-structural-steel-imports-from-china-thailand","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-imposes-steep-tariffs-on-structural-steel-imports-from-china-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"SA imposes steep tariffs on structural steel imports from China, Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>South Africa (SA) has imposed steep import duties on structural steel imports from China and Thailand after finding evidence of \u200bdumping, the country&#8217;s trade watchdog has said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Structural steel imports \u200cfrom China face tariff rates of 74.98%, while a 20.32% duty would be applied to similar products from Thailand, according to a government \u200bnotice dated March 19.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>SA in 2024 imposed provisional \u200banti-dumping duties of 52.81% and 9.12% on structural \u2060steel imports from China and Thailand, respectively.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The tariffs cover structural \u200bsteel used mostly in construction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The International Trade Administration Commission of SA said its investigation into imports from China and Thailand had found evidence of dumping, meaning a product is exported into a country at \u200bless than normal market prices or than production costs \u200bto the disadvantage of domestic producers.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It said in a notice it had concluded \u200csteel \u2060product &#8220;originating in or imported from the PRC and Thailand was being imported into the Southern African Customs Union market at dumped prices, thereby causing material injury&#8221;.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Neither Chinese nor Thai Embassy officials had any \u200bimmediate comment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The watchdog \u200badded that SA&#8217;s Trade Minister had approved the recommended tariffs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The steel industry in Africa&#8217;s most advanced economy \u200bis battling weak local demand and an influx \u200bof \u2060imports, mainly from China. Companies such as ArcelorMittal SA have shut some of their mills in response to the challenges.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Imports make up \u2060about \u200b36% of SA&#8217;s total steel \u200bconsumption and China accounts for 73% of that, according to the SA \u200bIron and Steel Institute.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14709,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-29358","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29359,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/29358\/revisions\/29359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=29358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}