Korea & Japan steel buyers & sellers: HRC AD duties, price undertakings, anti‑circumvention rules. Get actionable intelligence. Download Report.
Northeast Asia‘s steel market is being reshaped by aggressive trade remedies and decarbonisation pressures. Korea has finalised anti‑dumping duties on Chinese and Japanese HRC – but price undertakings offer a duty‑free loophole for approved exporters. Japan is expanding anti‑dumping coverage to third‑country transshipment, closing traditional circumvention routes. Meanwhile, EU CBAM carbon costs are hitting Korean steel exports, and POSCO’s new electric arc furnace is changing scrap dynamics. Port congestion in Busan is worsening, and currency volatility is squeezing import margins.
This weekly report helps procurement and sales managers navigate these overlapping challenges – securing cost‑effective supply while avoiding retroactive duties and compliance traps.
• For Procurement Managers, this report helps you solve:
Korea has imposed final AD duties on Chinese and Japanese HRC – but which suppliers can still offer duty‑free access through price undertakings, and how do you verify their approved status?
You will learn which six Chinese and three Japanese exporters have secured price undertaking agreements, allowing you to source HRC without paying 28-33% AD duties – and how to check their compliance status before placing orders.
Japan is expanding anti‑dumping coverage to third‑country transshipment – how do you restructure your supply chain to avoid retroactive duties on cold‑rolled stainless steel and hot‑dip galvanized products?
The report tracks the investigation timelines and provides a compliance checklist for origin documentation, so you can prove melt‑and‑pour origin and avoid penalties when the new rules take effect.
Busan port congestion has pushed waiting vessels from 5 to nearly 13 ships – how do you adjust lead times and safety stock to prevent production stoppages?
You will receive real‑time port delay data and alternative routing options (e.g., Gwangyang, Incheon) to keep your supply chain moving despite bottlenecks.
The weaker won and yen are inflating import costs – how do you hedge currency risk and negotiate dollar‑denominated contracts without losing margin?
The report provides weekly USD/KRW and USD/JPY forecasts and practical hedging strategies tailored to steel importers.
• For Sales Managers, this report helps you solve:
Korea‘s price undertaking scheme is the only way to avoid 28-33% AD duties on HRC – how do you apply for price undertaking status and what minimum price levels do you need to meet?
You will get a step‑by‑step guide to the application process, including documentation requirements and negotiation tactics to secure duty‑free access to the Korean market.
Japan is investigating cold‑rolled stainless steel and HDG from China and Korea – should you pause quotes now, or offer provisional pricing with retroactive duty clauses?
The report tracks preliminary determination dates and provides sample contract language for “AD‑adjustable” pricing, so you can keep selling without bearing unforeseen duty risk.
Japan‘s anti‑circumvention legislation will soon cover third‑country transshipment – how do you restructure your export routing to avoid being caught as a “circumventor”?
You will learn which transshipment routes will be targeted, the 10‑month investigation timeline, and how to pre‑emptively shift to direct shipping or compliant intermediate processing.
POSCO‘s new 2.5 million‑tonne EAF is launching in June 2026 – how does this change scrap demand and create opportunities for scrap suppliers and semi‑finished steel exporters?
The report quantifies POSCO’s projected scrap purchase increase (up to 2 million tonnes in 2026) and identifies which scrap grades and alternative billet suppliers will benefit.
The report‘s core value
Korea‘s price undertakings offer a duty‑free HRC window for approved exporters, Japan‘s anti‑circumvention rules will close transshipment loopholes, and POSCO’s new EAF is reshaping scrap demand – structural trade remedy shifts reward those who master compliance and timing.
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