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US DOC ordered to review its rejection of NLMK’s Section 232 exemption requests for slab imports

Thursday, 26 January 2023 13:32:56 (GMT+3)   |   Istanbul
       

The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has ordered the US Department of Commerce (DOC) to review the denials of the Section 232 exemption requests filed by NLMK Pennsylvania, the US subsidiary of the Russian steelmaker NLMK, regarding slab imports.

Between July 2020 and November 2021, NLMK’s exemption requests were denied amid objections from the US steelmakers United States Steel Corporation, AK Steel Corporation (currently Cleveland-Cliffs) and Nucor Corporation, claiming that they can supply suitable substitutes for NLMK’s slab needs. While the US mills are producing slabs with a thickness of 200 mm, NLMK needs material with a thickness of 250 mm. The US DOC decided to reject the exemption requests on the basis that the US mills could supply slab which was either identical or a suitable substitute. NLMK is challenging the DOC’s basis for the denials, which is that the US mills could timely produce substitute slab in sufficient quantity and quality, and suggests that it needs further explanation. The company also asked the court to refund the $255 million it has paid in Section 232 tariffs, though this request was denied by the CIT.

The DOC will have 90 days for further explanation and reconsideration.


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