Are Chinese Cold Rolled & Galvanized Exports to USA Surging?

Because we are a media outlet we receive from the International Trade Administration notification of all kinds of dumping filings against any number of countries. Earlier this week there was a filing against Chinese tires, this morning it was something I couldn’t even pronounce and didn’t have a clue what it was. What we are waiting for is confirmation from the ITA that the rumored new trade cases against foreign flat rolled steel have indeed been filed. At this moment, the trade cases are speculative in nature but those within the industry feel confident they will happen and that China will be singled out.

The flat rolled steel industry is anticipating a filing against Chinese cold rolled and coated steels. This is something we have heard about for almost a year. Whether a trade case ever gets filed is debatable. We will have that debate at our Steel Summit Conference in September.