US sets new anti-dumping duties on Mexican and Chinese structural steel imports
by David Fleschen
On September 4, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of certain fabricated structural steel (FSS) from China and Mexico, and a negative preliminary determination in the AD investigation of imports of certain fabricated structural steel from Canada.
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.
For the purpose of AD investigations, dumping occurs when a foreign company sells an imported product in the United States at less than fair value.
In the Canada investigation, Commerce assigned preliminary dumping rates of 0.00 percent and 0.69 percent (de minimis) to mandatory respondents Canatal Industries, Inc. and Les Constructions Beauce-Atlas Inc.,respectively.
In the China investigation, Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 57.86 percent to mandatory respondent Jinhuan Construction Group Co., Ltd. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 0.00 percent to Modern Heavy Industries (Taicang) Co., Ltd. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 52.09 to Wison (Nantong) Heavy Industry Co., Ltd./Wison Offshore & Marine (Hong Kong) Limited. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 55.76 to the separate rate companies. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 141.38 percent for all other Chinese producers and exporters.
In the Mexico investigation, Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 10.58 percent to mandatory respondent Building Systems de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 0 percent to voluntary respondent Corey S.A. de C.V. / Industrias Recal S.A. de C.V. Commerce assigned
a preliminary dumping rate of 30.58 percent to all non-responsive companies. Commerce assigned a preliminary dumping rate of 10.58 percent for all other Mexican producers and exporters.
The petitioner is the American Institute of Steel Construction Full Member Subgroup (Chicago, IL).
The merchandise covered by these investigations is carbon and alloy fabricated structural steel.
Source: US Department of Commerce, Photo: Fotolia