ITC drops Netherlands from cold-rolled steel investigation

The International Trade Commission determined that imports of cold-rolled steel from the Netherlands are “negligible,” and dropped the country from its antidumping investigation.    The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Thursday to continue its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United Kingdom.
   The ITC further determined that imports of these products from the Netherlands are “negligible,” and dropped the country from its investigation. 
   As a result of the ITC’s affirmative determinations, the U.S. Commerce Department will continue its investigations on imports of these cold-rolled steel products from Brazil, China, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, and the United Kingdom, with its preliminary countervailing duty determinations due by Oct. 21, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations due by Jan. 4, 2016. 
   The petitioners for the Commerce investigation are AK Steel Corp. of Ohio; ArcelorMittal USA of Illinois; Nucor Corp. of North Carolina; Steel Dynamics of Indiana; and U.S. Steel Corp. of Pennsylvania.
   It’s estimated that in 2014 the total U.S. import value of certain cold-rolled flat products from the countries under Commerce’s investigation was $1.236 billion, with Brazil at $65 million, China ($514 million), India ($57 million), Korea ($206 million), Russia ($54 million), Japan ($143 million), and the United Kingdom ($132 million). Imports of these products from the Netherlands amounted to $65 million that year.