On September 25, 2014, WTO committee on safeguard measures announced that Brazil has been removed from the list of exemption of provisional anti-dumping duties on import non-alloy-steel hot-rolled plates, which came into effect on September 3, 2014, involving the HS Codes 7208.36.00.031, 7208.36.00.032, 7208.36.00.033, 7208.36.00.090, 7208.37.00.041, 7208.37.00.042, 7208.37.00.043, 7208.37.00.090, 7208.38.00.041, 7208.38.00.042, 7208.38.00.043, 7208.38.00.090, 7208.39.00.041, 7208.39.00.042, 7208.39.00.043, 7208.39.00.090, 7208.51.00.090, 7208.52.00.090, 7208.53.000.11, 7208.53.00.012, 7208.53.00.013, 7208.53.00.090, 7208.54.00.011, 7208.54.00.012, 7208.54.00.013, 7208.54.00.090.

In January 2014, Thailand instituted the probe into import non-alloy-steel hot-rolled plates for safeguard measures; in May 2014, the Thai authority made a preliminary ruling: such imports made serious injury or injurious threat to its domestic industry, so it will levy the safeguard duties on them at the rate 34.01% for 200 days, but excluding those from 172 developing countries like China, Chinese Hong Kong, Indonesia and Brazil.