Irans steelmakers are calling on the government to raise import tariffs on certain steel products amid a crisis in the industry due to a number of factors, includingdumping by China and other exporters. The government has already increased import duties by 20% but steelmakers are calling for a raise of up to 40% for flat steel products in order ...

Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA Head of the Association of Steel Producers of Iran said today the volume of cheap steel imports from China has increased so that it has caused great concern among domestic producers. Bahram Sobhani further remarked that the price of iron ore and production costs is very low in China and for this reason by increasing the volume ...