The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has released the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Japan for the period between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
The DOC determined that Nippon Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd. and Nippon Steel Trading Corporation (collectively, Nippon Steel) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review, while Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Steel) did not. The DOC has determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 13.96 percent for Nippon Steel and 0.00 percent for Tokyo Steel.
The review-specific rate for the companies not selected for individual examination, JFE Steel Corporation, JFE Shoji Trade Corporation, JFE Shoji Corporation, Honda Trading Corporation, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc., Tetsusho Kayaba Corporation and Toyo Corporation, is 13.96 percent.
According to the preliminary results, the weighted-average dumping margins were determined at 13.07 percent for Nippon Steel and 0.00 percent for Tokyo Steel, while the review-specific rate was 13.07 percent.
The all-others rate is 5.58 percent.
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