On November 1, 2005, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted five-year reviews (“sunset”) concerning the antidumping duty orders and countervailing duty orders on imports of certain carbon steel products from
Australia,
Belgium,
Brazil,
Canada,
Finland,
France,
Germany,
Japan, South
Korea,
Mexico,
Poland,
Romania,
Spain,
Sweden,
Taiwan, and the United Kingdom. Moreover, on February 6, 2006, the ITC announced that it would conduct full reviews for these orders.
The US ITC used the sunset reviews to determine whether the revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of material injury to US domestic industries.
As a result of these reviews, the ITC has determined that revocation of the existing antidumping duty orders on cut-to-length (CTL) carbon steel
plate from
Belgium,
Brazil,
Finland,
Germany,
Mexico,
Poland,
Romania,
Spain,
Sweden, and the
UK, and the antidumping finding on the same product from
Taiwan, as well as revocation of countervailing duty orders on the same product from
Belgium,
Brazil,
Mexico,
Spain, and
Sweden, would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the US.
The ITC has further determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from
Germany and South
Korea and the countervailing duty order on the same product from South
Korea would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the US. Finally, the ITC has determined that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from
Australia,
Canada,
France, and
Japan, as well as the countervailing duty order on the same product from
France, would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the US.