Trade Cases
September 5, 2019
DOC Issues Preliminary AD Determinations on Fabricated Structural Steel
Written by John Packard
On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 the U.S. Department of Commerce issued a Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations on fabricated structural steel from Canada, China and Mexico. In the determination Canada was found to be essentially harmless while China and Mexico were found to be dumping fabricated steels into the U.S. markets.
SMU normally does not cover fabricated structural steels. However, during the 2019 SMU Steel Summit Conference this topic came up as a question from the audience. The subject was addressed by Lewis Leibowitz and others on our trade panel. The implications from this antidumping investigation may be more far-reaching than what it looks like on the surface.
