Trade Issues
Steel-related trade disputes and actions, including antidumping and countervailing duty orders.
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Agency Says Dumped and Subsidized Silicon Metal from China Injuring Canadian Market
28 June 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of silicon metal from the People's Republic of China have caused injury or retardation or are threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry.
Reuters: EU Files WTO Complaint Over Chinese Stainless Steel Duty
14 June 2013 - The European Union lodged a complaint at the World Trade Organization on Thursday against China's imposition of anti-dumping duties on imports of stainless steel tubes, six months after Japan filed a similar case, Reuters reports.
U.S. Agency Votes to Keep Antidumping Duties on Rebar Imports for Another Five Years
13 June 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission voted to not allow antidumping duties on rebar imports from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine to expire, or sunset, so the duties will remain in place for another five years.
U.S. Stainless Pipe Producers File Antidumping Petitions
24 May 2013 - Bristol Metals, Felker Brothers Corp. and Outokumpu Stainless Pipe filed antidumping duty petitions with the U.S. government alleging that welded stainless pressure pipe imported from Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam were being dumped in the U.S. market.
U.S. Agency Votes to Continue Case On Nickel-Plated Steel Imports from Japan
10 May 2013 - The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan that are allegedly sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
Canadian Agency Begins Final Trade Inquiry into Galvanized Steel Wire Imports
26 April 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an inquiry respecting the dumping of cold-drawn carbon or alloy steel wire originating in or exported from China, Israel and Spain and the subsidizing of the above-mentioned goods from China.
U.S. Initiates Trade Investigation into Imports of Nickel-Plated Flat Rolled Steel from Japan
25 April 2013 - The Department of Commerce announced the initiation of an antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan.
Canadian Agency Begins Expiry Review of Duties on Plate Imports
25 April 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated an expiry review of its order made on 8 January 2009 concerning the dumping of hot-rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from the Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Canadian Agency Launches Trade Investigation into Silicon Metal from China
24 April 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into a complaint by Québec Silicon Limited Partnership that it has suffered injury as a result of the dumping and subsidizing of silicon metal from the People's Republic of China.
Canadian Agency Initiates Expiry Review of Duties on Structural Tubing
12 April 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated a five-year expiry review of its order made in 2008 concerning the dumping of structural steel tubing imports from Korea, South Africa and Turkey.
Agency Rules Dumped and Subsidized Galvanized Wire is Harming Canadian Industry
29 March 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined that there is a reasonable indication that the alleged dumping of galvanized steel wire from China, Israel and Spain and the alleged subsidizing of the product from China have caused injury or are threatening to cause injury to Canadian industry.
Canada to Maintain Duties on Seamless Well Casing from China
13 March 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found that the dumping and subsidizing of seamless carbon or alloy steel oil and gas well casing from China were likely to result in injury or retardation, therefore antidumping and countervailing duties will be maintained.
Canadian Duties on Steel Plate Set to Expire Next Year
08 March 2013 - Canada’s antidumping duties on imports of hot rolled carbon steel plate and high-strength low-alloy steel plate from Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Romania are scheduled to expire on 7 January 2014, unless an expiry review is initiated before then.
U.S. Agency Will Remove Import Duties on HDG Flats from Germany and Korea
15 February 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission determined that revoking the existing countervailing duty order on corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products from Korea and the existing antidumping duty orders on this product from Germany and Korea would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
U.S. Agency to Conduct Five-Year Reviews of Import Duties on Hot Rolled Steel
04 February 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct full five-year "sunset" reviews concerning the countervailing duty orders on hot rolled steel products from India, Indonesia, and Thailand and the antidumping duty orders on hot rolled steel products from China, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine.
Canadian Agency to Investigate Alleged Dumping and Subsidization of Galvanized Steel Wire
23 January 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has initiated a preliminary injury inquiry into the alleged dumping of galvanized steel wire from China, ISrael and Spain and the alleged subsidization of these goods from China.
U.S. Agency Will Not Remove Duties on Clad Steel Plate Imports from Japan
15 January 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
Canada Will Maintain Import Duties on Hot Rolled Plate from China
08 January 2013 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found that the dumping of hot rolled carbon steel plate from China was likely to result in injury to the domestic market. The Canada Border Services Agency will therefore continue to impose antidumping duties on these products.
U.S. Agency Will Conduct Second Sunset Review of Duties on Line Pipe from Japan
04 January 2013 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has voted to conduct a full five- year (“sunset") review concerning the antidumping duty order on certain welded large diameter line pipe from Japan.
Canadian Agency Finds Threat of Injury from Standard Pipe Imports
14 December 2012 - The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found that the dumping and subsidization of standard pipe imports from a host of countries was threatening to cause injury to the domestic injury. As a result, import duties will be applied.
