Steel industry needs to pull together to fight import risks

In light of the recently implemented safeguard duty on hot-rolled steel, continued collaboration among stakeholders is necessary to protect the steel industry against the influx of steel imports, said consulting firm XA International Trade Advisors director Donald Mackay on Tuesday. Speaking at a steel industry workshop, in Johannesburg, focusing on the safeguard tariff, Mackay added that the industry needed to focus on solutions that would benefit the entire sector.