The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced preliminary dumping margins in the antidumping duty investigation regarding imports of certain hot rolled (HR) steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Accordingly, the preliminary margins are 23.25 percent for Australia, 33.91-34.28 percent for Brazil, 6.79-11.29 percent for Japan, 3.97-5.65 percent for South Korea, 5.07 percent for the Netherlands, 5.24-7.07 percent for Turkey and 49.5 percent for the UK.
The US DOC found that critical circumstances exist with respect to certain exporters from Brazil and Japan. Preliminary duties will be imposed retroactively for these exporters. The final determination is expected on September 17 this year at the latest.
The goods in question currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7208.10.15.00, 7208.10.30.00, 7208.10.60.00, 7208.25.30.00, 7208.25.60.00, 7208.26.00.30, 7208.26.00.60, 7208.27.00.30, 7208.27.00.60, 7208.36.00.30, 7208.36.00.60, 7208.37.00.30, 7208.37.00.60, 7208.38.00.15, 7208.38.00.30, 7208.38.00.90, 7208.39.00.15, 7208.39.00.30, 7208.39.00.90, 7208.40.60.30, 7208.40.60.60, 7208.53.00.00, 7208.54.00.00, 7208.90.00.00, 7210.70.30.00, 7211.14.00.30, 7211.14.00.90, 7211.19.15.00, 7211.19.20.00, 7211.19.30.00, 7211.19.45.00, 7211.19.60.00, 7211.19.75.30, 7211.19.75.60, 7211.19.75.90, 7225.11.00.00, 7225.19.00.00, 7225.30.30.50, 7225.30.70.00, 7225.40.70.00, 7225.99.00.90, 7226.11.10.00, 7226.11.90.30, 7226.11.90.60, 7226.19.10.00, 7226.19.90.00, 7226.91.50.00, 7226.91.70.00, and 7226.91.80.00.