The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of collated steel staples from China, finding that exporters from this country are dumping collated steel staples in the United States at a margin of 301.64 percent.
In 2018, imports of collated steel staples from China were valued at an estimated $88.8 million. The petitioner is Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH).
The DOC is scheduled to announce the final determination on or about May 19, 2020. If the DOC’s final determination is affirmative, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) will be scheduled to make its final injury determination on or about July 2, 2020.