The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its affirmative preliminary determinations Friday in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) from the People’s Republic of China (China), Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea (Korea), Sweden, and Taiwan.
In the China investigation, because no companies responded to the Department’s requests for information, all producers/exporters are considered part of the PRC-wide entity and were assigned the China-wide dumping margin of 407.52 percent based on facts available.
In the Germany investigation, the mandatory respondents, CD Walzholz and Thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel EBG GMBH, failed to answer Commerce’s questionnaire. As a result, they were assigned a dumping margin of 98.84 percent based on adverse facts available. All other producers/exporters in Germany received a preliminary dumping margin of 86.29 percent.
In the Japan investigation, the mandatory respondents, JFE Steel Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation, failed to answer Commerce’s questionnaire. As a result, they were assigned a dumping margin of 204.79 percent based on adverse facts available. All other producers/exporters in Japan received a preliminary dumping margin of 135.59 percent.
In the Korea investigation, the sole mandatory respondent, POSCO/Daewoo International Corporation, received a preliminary dumping margin of 6.91 percent. All other producers/exporters in Korea also received a preliminary dumping margin of 6.91 percent.
In the Sweden investigation, the sole mandatory respondent, Surahammars Bruks AB, failed to answer Commerce’s questionnaire. As a result, it was assigned a dumping margin of 126.72 percent based on adverse facts available. All other producers/exporters in Sweden received a preliminary dumping margin of 98.46 percent.
In the Taiwan investigation, mandatory respondent China Steel Corporation received a preliminary dumping margin of 28.14 percent. The other mandatory respondent, Leicong Industrial Company, Ltd., failed to answer Commerce’s questionnaire. As a result, it was assigned a dumping margin of 52.23 percent based on adverse facts available. All other producers/exporters in Taiwan received a preliminary dumping margin of 28.14 percent.
The petitioner for these investigations is AK Steel Corporation.
The DOC is scheduled to announce its final determinations concerning China, Germany, Japan, and Sweden on or about July 29, 2014, unless the statutory deadline is extended. The DOC is scheduled to announce its final determinations concerning Korea and Taiwan on or about October 3, 2014, as the deadline for these determinations has been fully extended.