Steel Mills
October 7, 2019
JSW USA Tariff Exclusion Case Moves to USITC
Written by Sandy Williams
JSW USA has filed a challenge to a tariff exclusion denial with the U.S. Court of International Trade. In the first tariff exclusion case to reach the USCIT, JSW claims that Commerce ignored evidence presented regarding the domestic availability of steel slab. The company is requesting a refund of the tariffs it was required to pay.
JSW uses steel slab imported from its parent company in India and from Mexico to produce steel plate and large-diameter welded line pipe at its Baytown, Texas, facility. The company provided evidence that domestic steel mills do not produce or make available enough steel slab for JSW’s needs. JSW claims that Commerce did not verify steel slab production capabilities claimed by U.S. Steel, Nucor and AK Steel in their objection to JSW’s exclusion request. Commerce instead sided with the steel producers and issued boilerplate denials.
