The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) reported the affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of fabricated structural steel (FSS) from Canada (AD only), China and Mexico, and a negative final determination in the CVD investigation of FSS from Canada.
Commerce determined that producers and/or exporters from Canada, China, and Mexico have sold FSS at less than fair value in the U.S. at rates of: 0-6.70 percent, 61.71-154.14 percent, and 0-30.58 percent, respectively.
In addition, Commerce determined that producers and/or exporters from China and Mexico received counter-vailable subsidies at rates of 27.34-206.49 percent and 0.01-68.87 percent, respectively.
Because Commerce reached a negative CVD determination with respect to producers and/or exporters from Canada, this investigation is terminated and no CVD duties will be collected on imports from Canada.
In 2018, imports were valued at an estimated $722.5 million, $897.5 million, and $622.4 million, respectively.
The petitioner is the American Institute of Steel Construction Full Member Subgroup (Chicago, Illinois).
AD and CVD laws provide American businesses and workers with an internationally accepted mechanism to seek relief from the harmful effects of unfair pricing of imports into the United States. Commerce currently maintains 515 AD and CVD orders which provide relief to American companies and industries impacted by unfair trade.
Published in the March 2020 Edition