ArcelorMittalLLC : ITC decision a victory for plate

01.06.2017

This morning, the International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously to find that the U.S. industry has been injured by imports of cut-to-length plate from Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey.

This is the final decision in these three cases -- the United States Department of Commerce will now issue antidumping and countervailing duty orders. The decision on these three countries came early because these producers did not participate in the Commerce Department investigation.

'We are very pleased with the ITC decision,' says Dan Mull, executive vice president for sales and marketing, ArcelorMittal USA. 'Imports from the subject countries are capturing sales and market share at our expense by the use of unfair pricing. They are not winning sales by making a better or different type of plate than we can produce.'

In fact, ArcelorMittal USA produces the widest array of cut-to-length plate product types and sizes of any producer in the country.

The Commerce Department is expected to issue its final decision with respect to the remaining countries (Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) in March. The ITC will then make a separate injury determination on those countries.

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