U.S. Commerce Department Issues Two Decisions On Steel Products
In August and early September, the U.S. government issued two important decisions regarding steel product imports.
First, as Steel Industry News reported, the U.S. Department of Commerce has issued final affirmative determinations in anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations regarding certain corrosion-resistant steel products. The determinations cover approximately $2.9 billion in imports from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. The final dumping and subsidy rates vary significantly by exporter and country. (The Steel Industry News story lists the rates.) “American steel companies and workers deserve to compete on a level playing field,” said Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade William Kimmitt. “The rates announced today demonstrate that the Trump Administration will vigorously enforce U.S. trade laws and will not tolerate unfairly traded goods in the U.S. marketplace.”
The International Trade Commission (ITC) will now make its own determination of injury to the domestic steel industry. If the ITC makes an affirmative, trading partner-specific injury determination, the Commerce Department will issue AD and CVD orders.
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Second, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on hot-rolled steel products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine and the existing countervailing duty orders on these products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury. As a result of the ITC’s affirmative determinations, which was unanimous, existing orders on imports of these products will remain in place.
The ITC’s public report on this matter will be available by Oct. 3, 2025 on the ITC website. Read more at this link.
As noted above, Connecting the Dots is reporting this information for MSCI members’ information only. The Institute has not taken a position on this matter.