According to the Pakistani National News reported on June 23, the National Tariff Commission (National Tariff 

Commission) decided to China from the continuous casting billet products impose 24.04% of the anti-dumping duties, 

from June 22 onwards, for five years to protect Domestic steel industry.

NTC is conducting an anti-dumping investigation on China's exports of continuous steel billets in August 2015, 

according to Amreli Steel, Agha Steel Industries Ltd. and ASG Metals Limited.

This is the past two years, the third time on the Chinese steel products imposed anti-dumping duties. In February 

2017, NTC decided to impose up to 40% of the anti-dumping duties on China's imports of galvanized steel coils and 

plates; in 2015, NTC imposes 19.04% of its anti-dumping duties on China's imports of cold rolled coils.

NTC claims that China is the world's largest steel producer, accounting for nearly half of the global supply. Some 

developed economies have imposed up to 266% of anti-dumping duties on cheap Chinese steel products.

Pakistan's current annual demand for steel 8 million tons, the annual output of only 6 million tons, 2 million tons 

dependent on imports. Including some small furnaces and rolling mills, including a total of about 600 domestic steel 

mills.