It is reported that the US
steelmakers Nucor Corp and SSAB Enterprises said in a filing dated May 1st that
Chinese producers are getting around anti-dumping duties on steel plate by
adding elements to class the plate as alloy and asked the US Department of
Commerce to intervene.
The filing agreed that the Chinese producers appear to be engaging in
gamesmanship by exporting commodity-grade, carbon steel cut-to-length plate
that has undergone minor alterations solely to circumvent the order.
Nucor and SSAB have asked the DOC to rule that all steel plate marketed, priced
and sold in the country as commodity carbon steel plate to be within the scope
of anti-dumping duties.
Yieh.com