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Commerce increases import duties on Korean galv, plate
Written by Laura Miller
December 18, 2024
The US Commerce Department is raising the import duties on imports of corrosion-resistant sheet and cut-to-length plate from Korea, according to recent documents published in the Federal Register.
Coated sheet
Commerce recently completed a review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on Korean coated sheet, considering the one-year period ended June 30, 2023.
The agency determined a 1.99% dumping margin for the Dongkuk group of companies, one of two mandatory respondents in the review. Dongkuk’s margin was extended to the Posco, SeAH, and KG Steel groups.
The new margin is higher than the 0.53% rate set in the prior review and the 1.74% rate determined in the preliminary results of this 2022-2023 review.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Steel’s margin is unchanged at 0%, as Commerce said the company has not been dumping coated sheet steel into the US market.
CTL plate
Commerce also recently completed an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on imports of cut-to-length steel plate from Korea’s largest steelmaker.
In the final results of a review of the 2022 calendar year, the agency established a subsidy rate of 1.47% for Pohang, South Korea-based Posco.
The subsidy rate is unchanged from the preliminary results of the review but is an increase from the rates of 0.87% and 0.33% de minimis found in the previous two reviews.
Korean quotas
Recall that US steel imports from Korea are exempt from the traditional Section 232 tariffs imposed in 2018. However, Korean exporters are limited in how much steel they can ship to the US, with quarterly and annual absolute quotas still in place. Additionally, they still must pay ADs and CVDs when appropriate.
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