Steel Trade Enforcement Cases
The USW has been on the vanguard in the fight for fair trade, filing some 100 trade cases since the year 2000. Illegal tactics like dumping and subsidies have especially hurt the steel industry. Here is a list of the steel trade cases the USW has been involved in over the past three years.
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CASE NAME AND NUMBER |
OUTCOME |
IMPACT |
| Certain Welded Line Pipe from Korea and Turkey; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-525 and 731-TA-1260-1261 (Final) | Affirmative. Orders imposed on Nov. 20, 2015 | AD and CVD duties of 1-152% imposed on imports from two countries |
| Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from China, Russia, and Ukraine; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-753, 754, and 756 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Dec. 3, 2015 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of up to 238% |
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Certain Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from China; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-469 and 731-TA-1168 (Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on March 2, 2016 |
Without orders, dumping and subsidization would resume or recur at rates of 14-99% |
| Silicomanganese from Australia; Investigation No. 731-TA-1269 (Final) | Negative. | |
| Magnesium from China; Investigation No. 731-TA-1071 (Second Review) | Affirmative. Orders maintained on June 30, 2016 |
Without orders, dumping and subsidization would resume or recur at rates of 141% |
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Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from China and Japan; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-541 and 731-TA-1284 and 1286 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on July 7, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 71-266% imposed on imports from two countries |
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Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from China, India, Italy, Korea, and Taiwan; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-534-538 and 731-TA-1274-1278 (Final) |
Affirmative for all, except for the CVD case against Taiwan. Orders imposed on July 15, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 0-241% imposed on imports from five countries |
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Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-770-773 and 775 (Third Review) |
Affirmative against Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. Orders maintained on July 26, 2016 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of 2-34% |
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Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Brazil, India, Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-540, 542-544 and 731-TA-1283, 1285, 1287, and 1289-1290 (Final) |
Affirmative for all, except Russia. Orders imposed on Sept. 12, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 4-58% imposed on imports from four countries |
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Hot-Rolled steel flat products from Australia, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom; Investigation Nos. Investigation Nos. 701-TA-545-547 and 731-TA-1291-1297 (Final) |
Affirmative for all, except CVD case against Turkey. Orders imposed on Sept. 26, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 4-57% imposed on imports from seven countries |
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Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon-Quality Steel Products from Russia; Investigation No. 731-TA-808 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Sept. 29, 2016 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of 74-185% |
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Welded Stainless Steel Pressure Pipe from India; Investigation Nos 701-TA-548 and 731-TA-1298 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Nov. 9, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 0-10% imposed on imports from India |
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Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Japan, Taiwan, and Turkey; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-564 and 731-TA-1338-1340 (Preliminary) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Nov. 14, 2016 |
AD and CVD duties of 3-209% imposed on imports from three countries |
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Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe from Oman, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-549 and 731-TA-1299, 1300, 1302, and 1303 (Final) |
Affirmative for all, except for the CVD case against Pakistan. Orders imposed on Dec. 12, 2016 |
AD duties of 0-113% imposed on imports from four countries |
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Stainless Steel Plate from Belgium, South Africa, and Taiwan; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-379 and 731-TA-788, and 792-793 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Dec. 28, 2016 |
Without orders, dumping and subsidization would resume or recur at rates of 4-42% |
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Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey; Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1319, 1326, and 1328 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Jan. 19, 2017 |
AD duties of 42-94% imposed on imports from three countries |
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Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from China; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-560 and 731-TA-1320 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on March 13, 2017 |
AD and CVD duties of 68-251% imposed on imports from China |
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Certain Welded Stainless Steel Pipe from Korea and Taiwan; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-540-541 (Fourth Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on May 15, 2017 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of 17-32% |
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Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from Japan and Romania; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-847 and 849 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Oct. 11, 2107 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of 14-108% |
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Forged Steel Fittings from China, Italy, and Taiwan; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-589 and 731-TA-1394-1396 (Preliminary) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Nov. 17, 2017 |
AD and CVD duties of 7-143% imposed on imports from three countries |
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Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Belarus, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1349, 1352, and 1357 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Jan. 11, 2018 |
AD duties of 84-757% imposed on imports from three countries |
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Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing from China and India; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-576-577 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on Jan. 24, 2018 |
CVD duties of 8-43% imposed on imports from two countries |
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Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate from India, Indonesia, and Korea; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-388, 389, and 391 and 731-TA-817, 818, and 821 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Feb. 12, 2018 |
Without orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates of 1-48% |
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Pure Granular Magnesium from China; Investigation No. 731-TA-895 (Third Review) |
Affirmative. Orders maintained on Feb. 27, 2018 |
Without the orders, dumping would resume or recur at rates up to 306% |
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Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from South Africa and Ukraine; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1353 and 1356 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on March 1, 2018 |
AD duties of 35-142% imposed on imports from two countries |
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Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey, and the United Kingdom; Investigation Nos. 701-TA-573-574 and 731-TA-1350, 1351, 1354, 1355, and 1358 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposted on May 11, 2018 |
AD and CVD duties of 4-148% imposed on imports from five countries |
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Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing From China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea, and Switzerland; Investigation Nos. 731-TA-1362-1367 (Final) |
Affirmative. Orders imposed on May 31, 2018 |
AD and CVD duties of 3-209% imposed on imports from six countries |