News date: 26 March 2025
Ilyashev & Partners’ International Trade team, under the supervision of Partner Olena Omelchenko, has initiated the reconsideration of anti-dumping measures on imports of gas-concrete blocks originating in the Republic of Belarus.
Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm represents the interests of Ukrainian manufacturers who are members of the Ukrainian Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Producers Association (VAAG).
The firm’s team initiated the review by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade (ICIT) on behalf of Ukrainian producers of gas-concrete blocks to support fair competition in the Ukrainian market, given the expiration of the current anti-dumping measures on March 26, 2025.
Ilyashev & Partners’ International Trade team has collected and submitted sufficient evidence to the Commission to initiate the reconsideration of anti-dumping measures against Belarusian producers.
As a result, the anti-dumping measures imposed by the ICIT’s decision dated February 21, 2020, No. AD-437/2020/4411-03, regarding imports of gas-concrete blocks originating in the Republic of Belarus into Ukraine, have been extended until the Commission adopts a new decision based on the results of the review.
In 2020, Ilyashev & Partners’ International Trade team defended the interests of Ukrainian manufacturers who are members of the Ukrainian Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Producers Association and achieved a rare result: the Commission imposed definitive anti-dumping duties of 34.19% on imports of gas-concrete blocks from Belarus following a 10-month anti-dumping investigation, which was completed ahead of schedule. The duties were imposed for a five-year period.
Ilyashev & Partners also represented national manufacturers of autoclaved gas concrete in the courts of first and appellate instances, successfully countering the claims of Belarusian producers and demonstrating the need to restore fair competition in the market due to the increasing share of dumped imports from Belarus.