The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan for the period of review between October 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024.
The DOC has preliminarily found that Japan exporters were found to have made sales of the given products at less than normal value during the period of review. The DOC has preliminarily determined estimated a weighted-average dumping margin at 13.07 percent for Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel Nisshin Co., Ltd., Nippon Steel Trading Corporation, JFE Steel Corporation, JFE Shoji Trade Corporation, JFE Shoji Corporation, Honda Trading Corporation, Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc, Tetsusho Kayaba Corporation and Toyo Corporation, while zero percent dumping margin determined for Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
The DOC has also rescinded this review, in part, with respect to JFE Shoji Trade America, as local producers timely withdrew their request.
The final results of the review will be released within 120 days of publication of these preliminary results.