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Ref. : EIC 111/3/10/1

15 April 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 311/2020

US : Antidumping and Countervailing Actions against Fabricated Structural Steel from the Mainland of China: Negative Injury Determinations and Termination of Investigations

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 20 March 2020 its negative injury determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations against fabricated structural steel from the Mainland of China. A copy of the FR notice is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-20/pdf/2020-05845.pdf.

DETAILS

2.The US Department of Commerce (DoC) initiated on 4 March 2019 antidumping and countervailing duty investigations to determine whether imports of fabricated structural steel from the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value, and whether manufacturers/producers/exporters of fabricated structural steel in the Mainland of China received countervailable subsidies. Subsequently, the DoC made its preliminary and final affirmative determinations that imports of the Chinese products were being, or were likely to be sold in the US at less than fair value; and that countervailable subsidies were being provided to producers and exporters of the products. Please refer to Commercial Information Circular Nos. 534/2019, 685/2019 and 91/2020 dated 15 July 2019, 11 September 2019 and 7 February 2020 respectively for details.

3.The ITC announced on 20 March 2020 its finding that an industry in the US was not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of fabricated structural steel from the Mainland of China that had been found by the DoC to be sold in the US at less than fair value and to be subsidized by the government of China. As a result of ITC's negative injury determinations, these investigations have been terminated and no antidumping and countervailing duty orders will be issued.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Ivy TAM)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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