Trade Cases
July 30, 2015
Not Everyone Supports Antidumping Suits
Written by John Packard
A manufacturing company who requested that he not be quoted commented about the filing of Critical Circumstances by the domestic mills in the corrosion resistant (CORE – coated steels trade case) and its impact on their supply base. The points made by this OEM steel buyer need to be noted and discussed as the steel industry is a diverse community and not everyone agrees with the moves made by the domestic mills.
We will asked why should the steel traders who “legally” imported the steel be punished after already meeting all of the codes, paying any duties and other costs associated with the steels being exported from the affected countries (China, India, Taiwan, South Korea & Italy). This steel buyer asked why is it the trading community’s job to police a foreign mill’s cost structure (which they have no access to)?
