OCTOBER 2014 – Electrical Steel Trade Cases

The ITC has issued a final ruling in a portion of the currently open trade cases filed against certain countries for the import of Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) products.  The decision by the ITC on August 27 was found in favor of Germany, Japan and Poland and absolved them of import duties. The ITC is scheduled…

JUNE 2014 – Electrical Steel Trade Cases

On May 16, 2014, the Department of Commerce announced its preliminary determinations in the Antidumping (AD) investigations of imports of non-oriented electrical steels (NOES) from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan. Those preliminary determinations included proposed duties on the NOES products as follows: China – 407% Germany – 85% – 98% Japan – 135% – 205% Korea…

DECEMBER 2013 – Electrical Steel Trade Cases

DECEMBER 2013 – Electrical Steel Trade Cases The petitions covering Non-Oriented Electrical Steel (NOES) and Grain Oriented Electrical Steel (GOES) that were filed by the Domestic Producers of these materials earlier this fall have moved through their initial review by the ITC.  AK Steel recently released a statement on their website expressing their opinion on the most recent developments,…

OCTOBER 2013 – Electrical Steel

OCTOBER 2013 – Electrical Steel – The domestic manufacturers of Silicon Electric Steel (AK Steel and Allegheny Technologies, Inc.), have filed Antidumping Duty petitions as well as Countervailing Duty petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission.  These actions were filed against specific countries with respect to Silicon Electric Steel sales within…