The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today (December 2, 2013) determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of non- oriented electrical steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and that are allegedly subsidized by the governments of China, Korea, and Taiwan.

Chairman Irving A. Williamson and Commissioners Dean A. Pinkert, David S. Johanson, and Meredith M. Broadbent voted in the affirmative. Commissioners Shara L. Aranoff and F. Scott Kieff did not participate in these investigations.

As a result of the Commission's affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue to conduct its investigations on imports of this product, with its preliminary countervailing duty determinations due on or about January 10, 2014, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations due on or about March 26, 2014.

The Commission's public report Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from China, Germany, Japan, Korea, Sweden, and Taiwan (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-506-508 and 731-TA-1238-1243 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 4441, December 2013) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.

Source: http://usitc.gov