Plate

On March 25, 2022, as a result of expedited sunset reviews, the Department of Commerce finds that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from these countries would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping as indicated below. The sunset period of review is 2017-2021. Click here for more information.

On March 25, 2022, the Department of Commerce finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order on certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate from the People’s Republic of China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of countervailing subsidies at the levels indicated below. Click here for more information.

The ITC on Monday, Jan. 10, 2023 voted to remove antidumping duties on imports of Brazilian steel plate. However, the ITC said that the existing orders on imports of this product from Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey would remain in place. The US is also keeping countervailing duties on plate from China and South Korea. The lifting of anti-dumping duties on Brazilian plate follows the five-year “sunset” review process required by international trade law. Click here for more information.

The AD law provides U.S. businesses and workers with a transparent, quasi-judicial, and internationally accepted mechanism to seek relief from the market-distorting effects caused by injurious dumping of imports into the United States, establishing an opportunity to compete on a level playing field. The CVD law provides U.S. business and workers with a transparent, quasi-judicial, and internationally accepted mechanism to seek relief from the market distorting effects caused by injurious subsidization of imports into the United States, establishing an opportunity to compete on a level playing field.

For the purpose of AD investigations, dumping occurs when a foreign company sells an imported product in the United States at less than its fair value. For the purpose of a CVD investigation, a countervailable subsidy is financial assistance from foreign governments that benefits the production of goods from foreign companies and is limited to specific enterprises or industries, or is contingent either upon export performance or upon the use of domestic goods over imported goods.