Domestic Steel Mills Considering Dumping Suits on Coated Steel?

Steel Market Update has been aware for awhile that at least one, and probably more than one, domestic steel mill has been trying to convince the rest of the industry to support dumping suits on coated products. This would most likely include galvanized and Galvalume steels. The countries being mentioned include China, India, Taiwan and South Korea. So what does this mean to those buying and selling steel right now?

What Steel Market Update would like to do is to evaluate how much coated steel is arriving on the U.S. shores, what countries are the largest exporters and what kind of products are coming. Our Premium members can take the exercise even further by reviewing what ports are being used which helps identify specific domestic mills which may be hurt (or not hurt) by the imported products.