Steel News

EUROFER: Are Chinese Removal of Boron-Alloy Steel Export Rebates for Better or Worse?

20 January 2015 - China practices an industrial policy actively supporting its domestic steel industry. Having introduced VAT export rebates promoting higher value-added products, this measure has triggered unprecedented export surges in a weak domestic steel market, EUROFER said. China announced a removal of these rebates on 1 January 2015.

Turkish Steel Exporters' Association Responds to Decision in Canada Rebar Case

16 January 2015 - The Turkish Steel Exporters' Association issued the following response to the finding of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal in the matter of Inquiry NQ-2014-001 on concrete reinforcing bar.

SSTTAC: Stainless Tube Imports Surging into U.S. from China and Korea

09 January 2015 - Imports of seamless stainless steel tube from China and Korea are surging into the U.S. market, according to the Stainless Steel Tube Trade Advancement Committee (SSTTAC).

U.S. to Review Plate Import Duties, Suspension Agreements

06 January 2015 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to conduct full five-year (“sunset”) reviews concerning the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from China and the suspended investigations on cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Russia and Ukraine.

EUROFER: EU Trade Policy Needs to Become More Reactive and Effective

01 January 2015 - Securing an international level playing field has become increasingly challenging, EUROFER says: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with major emerging, resource-rich economies are not concluded while protectionist measures are cumulating in all steel regions of the world outside the EU.

Alacero: Low-Priced Steel Imports from China Growing in Latin America

24 December 2014 - In the third quarter of 2014, Latin America received 6 million tons of finished steel from China at a total value of US$ 4.043 billion, said Alacero, the Latin American Steel Association.

OECD Steel Committee: Excess Capacity, Trade Friction Cloud Outlook for Global Steel Industry

22 December 2014 - The following is a statement from Risaburo Nezu, chairman of the OECD Steel Committee, issued after a meeting on 12 December 2014.

U.S. Wire Rod Producers Applaud Decision in Trade Case vs. China

19 December 2014 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) made a final determination that foreign producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod are causing injury to U.S. producers.

USW Raises Concerns about WTO Decisions on U.S. Countervailing Duty Measures

18 December 2014 - United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard has expressed deep concern with the WTO Appellate Body and especially its continuing interference in the administration of U.S. trade remedy laws through interpretations of WTO agreements.

Agency Vote Determines U.S. Industry Injured by Wire Rod Imports from China

15 December 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.

Trade Law Group Voices Concerns Over WTO Decision in India Hot Rolled Steel Dispute

15 December 2014 - The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL), a broad coalition committed to preserving U.S. unfair trade laws, expressed serious concerns regarding the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body report issued on 8 December 2014 in India's challenge of a U.S. countervailing duty order on certain hot-rolled carbon steel flat products.

AISI Criticizes WTO Decision on Cumulative Assessment of Dumped and Subsidized Imports

08 December 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) had strong words against a recent ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body, which upheld an earlier panel decision that ruled against the U.S. practice of cumulatively assessing the impact of dumped and subsidized imports when determining injury in trade cases.

U.S. Steel Industry Group Provides Comments on China's Trade Barriers

01 December 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) is urging the U.S.’s highest ranking trade officials to bring up the critical steel issues of China’s currency manipulation, overcapacity and non-market economy status when they meet with Chinese officials at the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) on16–18 December in Chicago.

USW Applauds ITC for Continuing Investigation of Welded Line Pipe from Korea and Turkey

01 December 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) union said that the International Trade Commission (ITC) took the correct action in voting to continue investigating antidumping and countervailing duties on welded line pipe from Korea and Turkey.

U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Trade Cases on Welded Line Pipe

28 November 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain welded line pipe from Korea and Turkey that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.

U.S. Steel Industry Applauds Wire Rod Imports Decision

21 November 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) applauded a recent decision by the Department of Commerce (DOC) to impose duties on wire rod from China.

AK Steel Wins Trade Cases on Non-Oriented Electrical Steel

20 November 2014 - AK Steel reported that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) reached an affirmative (4-1) final determination that the domestic industry producing non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) is materially injured by reason of dumped and subsidized imports from six countries.

ITC Rules Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from Six Countries Injures U.S. Industry

14 November 2014 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that the U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and are subsidized by the governments of China and Taiwan.

Steel Industry Group Provides Comments on Foreign Trade Barriers

07 November 2014 - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) told the trade arm of the federal government that existing “foreign trade barriers distort international trade and are extremely harmful to U.S. companies,” especially those in the steel industry.

USW Joins Petition for Duties on Welded API Line Pipe Imports

27 October 2014 - The United Steelworkers (USW) union has joined a petition calling on the U.S. Commerce Department (DOC) and International Trade Commission (ITC) to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on welded API line pipe imports from South Korea and Turkey.