DOC issues preliminary antidumping duty determinations on fabricated structural steel

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of certain fabricated structural steel from China and Mexico, finding that exporters from China and Mexico have dumped fabricated structural steel in the U.S. at margins up to 141.38 percent and 30.58 percent, respectively. It also announced a negative preliminary determination in the AD investigation of certain fabricated structural steel from Canada.

The DOC will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect cash deposits from importers of fabricated structural steel from China and Mexico based on these preliminary rates.

In 2018 imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico were valued at an estimated $722.5 million, $897.5 million, and $622.4 million, respectively.

The petitioner is the American Institute of Steel Construction Full Member Subgroup, Chicago.

The DOC is scheduled to announce the final determinations in these investigations in January 2020. If its final determinations are affirmative, the U.S. International Trade Commission will be scheduled to make its final injury determinations in March 2020.