The European Union imposed five- year tariffs on stainless steel from India, saying EU producers including Acerinox SA (ACX) are victims of subsidies to Indian competitors such as Mukand Ltd. (MUK)

The EU duties as high as 4.3 percent aim to counter alleged trade-distorting Indian aid to exporters of stainless steel bars and rods, which are used in domestic appliances, cars and medical instruments. The levies affect EU imports worth around 40 million euros ($57 million) in 2009.

European producers that also include Ugitech SA and Aceros Inoxidables Olarra SA suffered “injury” as a result of subsidized imports from India, the 27-nation EU said in a decision today in Brussels. The five-year duties match provisional measures introduced in December and will take effect after being published in the EU Official Journal by April 30.

Indian exporters of stainless steel bars and rods increased their combined share of the EU market to 11.8 percent in the 12 months through March 2010 from 10.4 percent in 2007, according to the bloc. It said three aid programs based on India’s Foreign Trade Act and one program stemming from the country’s Banking Regulation Act led to unfair export subsidies.

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