Government/Policy
Updated timeline for coated steel trade case
Written by Laura Miller
January 27, 2025
Less-than-fair-value investigations
The US Commerce Department has agreed to postpone preliminary decisions in the corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) antidumping duty (AD) investigations.
Commerce said in a Federal Register filing that it will now issue initial AD margin determinations by April 3. The deadline had previously been Feb. 12.
The extension comes after domestic petitioners requested earlier this month that the deadline be pushed out due to the scope and complexity of the investigations. Those petitioners include Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI), Nucor, U.S. Steel, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, and the United Steelworkers (USW) union.
This pushes the deadline for Commerce’s final AD margin decisions out to June 17 in the investigations against Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam.
Subsidy investigations
Feb. 3 remains the due date for Commerce’s preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) determinations in the subsidy investigations of CORE from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam. Despite new subsidy allegations made by petitioners in early January, there have been no requests to extend this deadline, according to the court filings reviewed by SMU.
Updated case timeline
The chart below shows the current deadlines in the investigations, as well as the potential timeline should the petitioners’ request for Commerce to align the final AD and CVD decisions be approved. Legal representatives for the petitioners made the request on Jan. 6, but Commerce has yet to respond, according to public court documents.
| CORE trade case event | Current due date | Potential due date (if case alignments approved) |
|---|---|---|
| DOC preliminary CVD margin determination | Feb. 3 | Feb. 3 |
| DOC preliminary AD margin determination | April 3 | April 3 |
| DOC final CVD margin determination | April 19 | June 17 |
| DOC final AD margin determination | June 17 | June 17 |
| ITC final CVD injury determination | June 3 | Aug. 1 |
| ITC final AD injury determination | Aug. 1 | Aug. 1 |
We will continue to monitor filings for case updates to keep you informed.
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