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Commerce releases prelim anti-dumping duties in sweeping trade case targeting CORE imports

Written by Michael Cowden


The US Commerce Department on Friday released preliminary anti-dumping margins in a trade case targeted imports of coated flat-rolled steel, or CORE, from 10 countries.

You can find the preliminary duties rates – which apply to products such as galvanized sheet and Galvalume – below. They come from a Commerce Department fact sheet. A link to that sheet is here.

Notable details

Certain countries and mills were hammered while others were largely spared. Brazilian steelmaker CSN, for example, received a preliminary rate of 137.76%. Some Turkish mills – including Boreclik and ArcelorMittal Celik Ticaret – received no dumping margin at all.

There were wide variations among producers even within the same country. In Brazil, for example, Usiminas, received a comparatively modest rate of 31.53%.

Meanwhile, in Canada, ArcelorMittal Dofasco received a rate of 2.31%. Stelco – now a subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs – got a rate of 5.93%. Nova Steel, in contrast, was hit with a rate of 52.08%.

Background

Recall that the original anti-dumping petition was made by domestic mills and the USW in September. They filed the case against Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, the UAE, and Vietnam.

Subsidy investigations are also ongoing against Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and Vietnam. Commerce set preliminary countervailing duty (CVD) rates in February.

Rates and timelines

Commerce is scheduled to make final duty determinations on Aug. 18. The US International Trade Commission (ITC) will then make a final “injury” determination on Oct. 2.

If the ITC decides that the domestic mills have been injured by imports, duty orders will be issued. If the commission makes a final determination that mills have not been injured by imports, then the duties will not apply.

Country/mill and prelim dumping margin

Exporter/producerPreliminary Dumping rates
* indicates rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Australia
BlueScope Steel Ltd./BlueScope Distribution Pty Ltd./Fielders Manufacturing Pty Ltd./Lysaght Building Solutions Pty Ltd.17.01%
All Others17.01%
Brazil
Companhia Siderurgica Nacional; Companhia Metalurgica Prada137.76%
Usiminas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.; Unigal Ltda.; Soluçoes em Aco Usiminas31.53%
All Others118.63%
Canada
Stelco Inc.5.93%
ArcelorMittal Dofasco G.P. / ArcelorMittal Coteau-du-Lac Limited Partnership2.31%
Nova Steel Inc. (Cash Deposit Rate 48.06%)52.08%*
All Others2.60%
Mexico
Galvasid S.A. de C.V./Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V.14.43%
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V./ Tenigal, S.de R.L. de C.V. (Cash Deposit Rate 1.87%)3.43%
All Others (Cash Deposit Rate 5.47%)7.03%
The Netherlands
Tata Steel IJmuiden BV / Wuppermann Staal Nederland BV / Service Center Maastricht BV22.59%
All Others 22.59%
South Africa
Duferco Steel Processing PTY Ltd.17.90%
All Others 17.90%
Taiwan
Yieh Phui Enterprise Co., Ltd.2.64%
Sheng Yu Steel Co. Ltd.67.90%*
Kounan Steel Co. Ltd.67.90%*
Meglobe Co. Ltd.67.90%*
All Others 2.64%
Turkey
Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret AS, ArcelorMittal Çelik Ticaret A.Ş., Bamesa Celik Servıs San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. and Bamesa Muradiye Demir Çelik San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.0.00%
Yıldız Demir Çelik Sanayi A.S., and Yıldız Entegre Ağaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.15.18%
All Others 15.18%
UAE
Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC7.01%
United Iron & Steel Company LLC / United Metal Coating16.37%
All Others 8.24%
Vietnam
Hoa Sen Group/ Hoa Sen Nghe An One Member Limited Liabilities Company/ Hoa Sen Nhon Hoi – Binh Dinh One Member Limited Liabilities Company59.00%
Ton Dong A Corporation39.84%
China Steel and Nippon Steel Viet Nam Joint Stock Company49.42%
Hoa Phat Steel Sheet Limited Liability Company49.42%
Maruichi Sun Steel Joint Stock Company49.42%
Nam Kim Steel Joint Stock Company49.42%
Pomina Flat Steel Joint Stock Company49.42%
Sam Hwan Vina Co., Ltd.49.42%
Southern Steel Sheet Co., Ltd49.42%
Tay Nam Steel Manufacturing & Trading Co., Ltd49.42%
TVP Steel Trading Joint Stock Company49.42%
Viet Phap Steel Corrugated Joint Stock Company49.42%
Vietnam-Wide Entity (Cash Deposit Rate 45.80%)88.12%*
Upcoming CORE trade case eventsInvestigation date
Commerce Final DeterminationsAugust 18, 2025
ITC Final Determinations*October 2, 2025
Issuance of Orders**October 9, 2025

*This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations from Commerce.
** This will take place only in the event of final affirmative determinations from Commerce and the ITC.

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