Commerce Begins AD Investigation of Nickel-Plated Hot-Rolled Steel from Japan
The Commerce Department on April 17 initiated an antidumping duty investigation on diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan (A-588-869). According to a fact sheet released by the agency, domestic petitioners are alleging AD rates of 56.5 to 77.7 percent (see 13032901 for summary of the March 27 petition, which alleged rates of 37.7 to 73.5%). Imports of subject merchandise totaled about $24,082,000 by value in 2012.
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The International Trade Commission is set to make its preliminary injury determination by May 13. This AD duty investigation will only continue if the ITC finds injury. ITT will provide more details upon publication of the initiation notice in the Federal Register.