US Extends AD Duty on HRC Imports from Russia

As a result of the determinations by the Department of Commerce and the US International Trade Commission that revocation of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products from the Russia would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, US DOC is publishing a notice of continuation of this AD order applicable from 9 December 2022. As a result, US Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect AD cash deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry’ for all imports of subject merchandise. On 19 July 1999, US DOC published the Suspension Agreement on hot-rolled steel from Russia. On 24 December 2014, US DOC terminated the Suspension Agreement and issued the Order on 1 September 2021. US DOC initiated and the ITC instituted the second five-year (sunset) review of the order. As a result of its review, US DOC determined that revocation of the Order on hot-rolled steel from Russia would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins of dumping likely to prevail should the orders be revoked. On 2 December 2022, the ITC published its determination, that revocation of the Order would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable timeFor the purposes of this Order, “hot-rolled steel” means certain hot-rolled flat-rolled carbon-quality steel products of a rectangular shape, of a width of 0.5 inch or greater, neither clad, plated, nor coated with metal and whether or not painted, varnished, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic substances, in coils (whether or not in successively superimposed layers) regardless of thickness, and in straight lengths, of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and of a width measuring at least 10 times the thickness. Universal mill plate (i.e., flat-rolled products rolled on four faces or in a closed box pass, of a width exceeding 150 mm but not exceeding 1250 mm and of a thickness of not less than 4 mm, not in coils and without patterns in relief) of a thickness not less than 4.0 mm is not included within the scope of this Order. Specifically subject to the scope of this Order are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized (commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF)) steels, high strength low alloy (HSLA) steels, and the substrate for motor lamination steelsThe covered merchandise is classified in the HTSUS at subheadings: 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,

US Extends AD Duty on HRC Imports from Russia

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