Antidumping Review: Hot-Rolled Steel from Japan, 2023-2024
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The U.S. Department of Commerce found that a Japanese producer/exporter sold hot-rolled steel in the U.S. at unfairly low prices during the 2023-2024 review period. This impacts companies importing these steel products by potentially increasing duties to discourage unfair pricing practices. Importers need to ensure compliance with updated duty rates to avoid overpayment or penalties.
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Key Changes
- Introduction of preliminary antidumping duties on specific Japanese steel exporters.
- Review period set from October 2023 to September 2024.
- Part rescission of review for some companies, exempting them from current proceedings.
Obligations
What this law requires
Importers of hot-rolled steel from Japan must ensure compliance with updated antidumping duty rates effective April 10, 2026, with Nippon Steel Corporation/affiliated entities subject to 13.07% dumping margin and Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. subject to 0.00% margin
All non-examined Japanese hot-rolled steel producers/exporters (Honda Trading Corporation, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc, Tetsusho Kayaba Corporation, Toyo Corporation, and JFE entities) must pay the review-specific rate of 13.07% weighted-average dumping margin
Interested parties must submit case briefs to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance by the briefing schedule date to be announced, with briefs containing a table of contents and table of authorities
Rebuttal briefs must be filed no later than five days after the case brief deadline, limited to issues raised in case briefs, and must include a table of contents and table of authorities
Commerce will disclose calculations and analysis to interested parties within five days of public announcement or, if no public announcement occurs, within five days of publication of this notice