U.S. Steel Industry Continues Assault on Global Steel Trade

The U.S. steel industry continued its assault on global steel trade by filing a petition for AD and CVD investigations into Carbon and Alloy Cut-to-Length Steel Plate.  This petition casts a wide net, including 12 countries:  Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey.  This petition is the eighth recent AD/CVD action against steel from around the world filed in the last nine months -- 60 individual antidumping or countervailing duty investigations!

2015 06 - Corrosion Resistant Carbon Steel Products from China, India, Italy, Korea, and Taiwan

2015 07 - Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Russia, and the UK

2015 07 - Heavy-Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes from Turkey, Korea, and Mexico

2015 08 - Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Turkey, and the UK

2015 09 - Welded Stainless Pressure Pipe from India

2015 10 - Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam

2016 02 - Stainless Steel Sheet & Strip from China

​2016 04 - Carbon and Alloy Cut-to-Length Steel Plate from Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Taiwan, and Turkey

Certainly, the International Trade Commission and Department of Commerce are earning their paychecks based upon the volume of work they have (which adds to the work they already had).  The U.S. steel industry has been able to convince the ITC that it is being injured "by reason of" each of the imports.  More to come -- what petitioners are connected to which petitions?  How much of their production is being kept alive by AD/CVD actions?