Trade Cases
April 28, 2019
Leibowitz on Trade: New Developments in Product Exclusion Cases
Written by Sandy Williams
Trade attorney and Steel Market Update contributor Lewis Leibowitz offers the following update on events in Washington:
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), the Commerce office handling the 232 steel tariff exclusion requests, recently denied requests from California Steel Industries (CSI), Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK). As users of semifinished steel, the three companies requesting exclusions are themselves producers of finished steel products covered by the tariffs and quotas under Section 232. Their financial condition is obviously relevant to the future of the steel industry of which they are apart. CSI and NLMK produce carbon steel flat products, while Allegheny produces stainless products.
