Metal Dynamics recordsdata petition for duties on corrosion resistant metal imports

Metal Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) mentioned Thursday it has petitioned the U.S. Commerce Division and the U.S. Worldwide Commerce Fee to apply anti-dumping duties on imports of corrosion resistant flat-rolled metal, claiming surging imports have harmed the home metal trade.

The corporate mentioned duties ought to be relevant to imports from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, in addition to countervailing duties in opposition to imports from Brazil, Canada, Mexico and Vietnam.

Imports of corrosion resistant flat-rolled metal from the ten topic international locations surged to just about 2M tons on this yr’s H1 from lower than 1.25M tons a yr earlier, impacting the U.S. metal trade’s quantity, costs and income, in response to the corporate.

Topic to initiation, Metal Dynamics (STLD) mentioned it hopes for preliminary determinations on subsidies later this yr and on dumping early subsequent yr, with ultimate rulings by each companies accomplished by October 2025.