On February 4, 2025, the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) of Malaysia announced its final determination in the mid-term review of the anti-dumping investigation concerning steel strand imports from China. Jia Zheng, Director of Zhong Yin’s International Trade and Maritime and Senior Partner, acted as lead counsel, assisted by Chen Yao and Zhao Ruixuan, in representing Tianjin Dalu Steel Strand For Prestressed Co., Ltd. The team successfully secured a final duty rate of 3.12% for the client—the lowest nationwide rate—compared to rates of 9.07% to 21.72% imposed on other Chinese exporters. The review was initiated by MITI on August 8, 2024.

With over two decades of expertise in trade remedy cases, Zhong Yin’s Trade Remedy Team has represented more than 300 Chinese enterprises in 200+ anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations across major global markets, including the U.S., EU, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Eurasian Economic Union, India, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Uruguay. Since 2014, the team has represented a number of Chinese exporters in Malaysia’s anti-dumping investigations on products such as PET, cold-rolled steel, steel strand, and tinplate, consistently achieving favorable outcomes, including nationwide lowest duty rates.

The Zhong Yin Lawyers Trade Remedy and WTO Legal Services Center boasts a team of accomplished attorneys and accountants with prolific theoretical achievements, extensive practical experience, and outstanding representation records. Our practice areas encompass anti-dumping, countervailing measures, safeguard measures, WTO negotiations and dispute settlement, trade barrier investigations, trade-related investment measures, services trade, and customs law. Zhong Yin’s services cover the entire spectrum of anti-dumping matters, including defense and petition filings in original investigations, various administrative reviews, judicial review, as well as duty collection and refund services. The mission of Zhong Yin Trade Remedy and WTO Services Center is to skillfully utilize domestic laws and WTO rules to safeguard the free trade rights of nations and enterprises, protect the legitimate interests of enterprises, prioritize client needs as our core responsibility, and establish a world-class brand in trade remedy and WTO legal services.