Steel News

U.S. Trade Commission Affirms Duties on Certain Pipe and Tube Imports

17 August 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has signed off on anti-dumping duties against imported heavy-walled, welded carbon pipe and tube from three countries.

U.S. Is Vigorously Enforcing Trade Laws, Says Commerce Department Secretary

12 August 2016 - U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Penny Pritzker said that with 161 steel-related trade cases now on the books, the government is fully committed to enforcing trade laws.

Commerce Department Sets Duties on Hot Rolled Coil Imports

08 August 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department will impose anti-dumping duties of between 3.7 and 34.3 percent on hot rolled coil from seven countries, the department has announced.

India Extends Import Protections on Certain Steels for Another 60 Days

08 August 2016 - The Indian government has extended its import price floor for certain steel products by an additional two months, reports The (India) Economic Times.

EU Sets Duties on Cold Rolled Imports

04 August 2016 - The European Union is imposing anti-dumping duties on cold rolled steel from China and Russia, reports The Wall Street Journal.

New Monitoring System Could Generate Better Steel Import Policies, Officials Say

02 August 2016 - U.S. officials stopped at ArcelorMittal Cleveland’s integrated mill on Monday to publicize an expanded steel trade monitoring system, a new tool meant to aid in the fight against unfairly traded imports.

Indian Steelmakers Urge Government to Extend Import Price Floor

28 July 2016 - Indian steelmakers are pressing the government to retain the import price floor it imposed on 173 steel products earlier this year, arguing that it has helped hold back a flood of low-cost steel and improved margins.

Commerce Department Clears the Way for Anti-Dumping Duties on Cold Rolled Steel

22 July 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has set final anti-dumping margins of between 1 percent and 35.4 percent on cold rolled steel from five countries – Brazil, Korea, Russia, India and the United Kingdom.

U.S. Commerce Department Affirms Structural Tubing Duties

19 July 2016 - The U.S. Commerce Department has signed off on anti-dumping duties on carbon structural tubing from three countries.

China Makes a Record Amount of Steel in June

15 July 2016 - Chinese steel mills produced crude steel at a rate of 2.32 million metric tons per day in June, making the month the busiest ever -- on a daily basis -- for the country’s steelmakers, reports the Bloomberg news service.

NAFTA Panel Mostly Rejects Mexican Challenge to U.S. Duty Order on Rebar

14 July 2016 - A North American Free Trade Agreement review panel has generally upheld a finding that U.S. producers had been harmed by unfairly traded Mexican rebar exports.

'We Must Fulfill the Plan to Cut Overcapacity of Steel,' Says China Economic Planner

14 July 2016 - Chinese officials reaffirmed the country's intentions to cut coal and steel production on Thursday as the American Iron & Steel Institute urged the U.S. government to vigorously enforce its trade laws.

China, U.S. Accuse Each Other of Violating WTO Commitments

13 July 2016 - China says it will fight a preliminary duty order on stainless sheet and strip, contending that the U.S. Commerce Department deliberately misinterpreted WTO rules, reports Xinhua, China’s official news agency.

U.S. Imposes Countervailing Duties on Stainless Sheet; Lifts Some Duties on Stainless Wire Rod

12 July 2016 - Chinese producers of stainless sheet and strip have been unfairly benefiting from government subsidies, the U.S. Commerce Department has ruled.

China Says It Might Challenge U.S. Import Duties

28 June 2016 - China’s commerce ministry, which has said America’s imposition of import duties on certain steel products is protectionist, now says it might sue the country through the World Trade Organization, according to the Reuters news service.

U.S. Trade Commission Upholds Duties on Corrosion-Resistant Steel

27 June 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission has affirmed that domestic producers are being harmed by imports of corrosion-resistant steel from five countries, including China.

China Calls U.S. Cold Rolled Duties 'Protectionist'

23 June 2016 - China is taking the United States to task after American trade officials affirmed anti-dumping and countervailing duties of more than 500 percent on Chinese cold rolled producers.

U.S. Cold Rolled Producers Injured by Imports, U.S. Trade Commission Finds

22 June 2016 - American producers have been harmed by unfairly traded imports of cold rolled sheet from China and Japan, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled on Wednesday.

Trade Commission Moves Forward on U.S. Steel Corp. Complaint

27 May 2016 - The U.S. International Trade Commission will pursue United States Steel Corporation’s Section 337 trade complaint against the largest of Chinese steel producers, the commission has announced.

G7 Resolves to Address Global Steel Glut

27 May 2016 - Leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest countries promised on Friday that they would take steps to address global excess steelmaking capacity, reports the Reuters news service.