U.S. Sets Preliminary Antidumping Duties On Tin-Plated Steel Imports From Canada, China, And Germany
As S&P Global Commodity Insights reported, on August 17 the U.S. Department of Commerce announced it will set preliminary antidumping duties on imports of tin and chromium-coated sheet steel products, which are collectively referred to as tin mill products, from Canada, China, and Germany. The department set the preliminary duties at 5.29 percent for Canada, 7.02 percent for Germany, and 111.98 percent for China.
Cleveland-Cliffs and the United Steelworkers union had petitioned for the move.
The penalties will be applied to imports once the Commerce Department and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) have made preliminary and final determinations pertaining to dumping or subsidies and whether these imports harm domestic production. The Commerce Department is scheduled to announce its final determination for China on Oct. 31 and all other countries around Jan. 8, 2024. The ITC’s final determination regarding China is scheduled for Dec. 14 and for the other countries in early 2024.
The Commerce Department decided against imposing similar duties for products from South Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Read the decision here.