Tribunal Continues Finding—Corrosion-resistant Steel Sheet from Türkiye and Vietnam

CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's second remand redetermination in fluid end blocks review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's second remand redetermination in the less-than-fair-value investigation of forged steel fluid end blocks from Germany, in Ellwood City Forge Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-69, Consol. Court No. 21-0007. BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH asked the court to reject Commerce's particular market situation adjustments for subsidized electricity rates and imported ferrochrome inputs, and Ellwood asked the court to reject Commerce's construction of 19 U.S.C. § 1677b(f)(1)(A) and to remand for reconsideration of that pathway. The court sustained in part and remanded in part the second remand redetermination.

CIT sustains Commerce remand redetermination in AD review of steel racks from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's remand redetermination in the antidumping duty administrative review of certain steel racks from China for the September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 period of review, in Nanjing Dongsheng Shelf Manufacturing Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-67, Court No. 24-00085. On remand Commerce accepted Nanjing Dongsheng's Separate Rate Certification, treated the company as a mandatory respondent and assigned it a 25% weighted-average dumping margin. The court held that Nanjing waived its challenge to Commerce's denial of a scrap offset because it failed to exhaust its administrative remedies by not raising the issue during the remand proceeding.

CITT finds reasonable indication of injury in steel racks from China dumping and subsidy case

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined on June 18, 2026, in preliminary injury inquiry PI-2026-002, that there is a reasonable indication that the dumping and subsidizing of certain steel racks from China have caused injury to the domestic industry. The inquiry followed the Canada Border Services Agency's initiation of dumping and subsidizing investigations under the Special Import Measures Act. CBSA will continue its investigations and issue preliminary determinations by July 17, 2026.

Global Affairs Canada replaces steel goods import notice, adjusts TRQ volumes from June 28, 2026

Global Affairs Canada's Notice to Importers Serial No. 1163, effective June 13, 2026, replaces Serial No. 1160 and sets out the policies and procedures for administering the tariff-rate quotas on certain steel goods in item 82 of the Import Control List, above which a 50% surtax applies. The Third Amending Surtax Order, effective June 28, 2026, adjusts TRQ volumes for the Hot-Rolled Sheet, Cold-Rolled Sheet, Hot-Rolled Bar, Structural Steel and Stainless Steel Billets and Blooms classes from non-FTA partners and the Hot-Rolled Sheet, Steel Plate and Cold-Rolled Sheet classes from non-CUSMA FTA partners, and reassigns certain tariff classification numbers from the Hot-Rolled Sheet to the Cold-Rolled Sheet class.

Tribunal Continues Order—Concrete Reinforcing Bar from China, Korea and Türkiye

CIT sustains Commerce anticircumvention finding on PC strand from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-56, denied Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the agency record and sustained in full Commerce's final affirmative anticircumvention determination on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Mexico, Court No. 24-00212. The inquiry, initiated July 31, 2023, covered high carbon steel wire from Mexico assembled or completed into PC strand in the United States during January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The court rejected Deacero's challenges to Commerce's production comparison methodology, its minor-or-insignificant processing analysis under section 781(a)(2), and its treatment of patterns of trade.

CIT remands Commerce's de facto specificity finding in Hyundai Steel CVD review

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-52, Court No. 23-00211, remanded Commerce's second redetermination in the 2021 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the Republic of Korea, holding that Commerce's finding that the electricity subsidy Hyundai Steel received was de facto specific under 19 U.S.C. § 1677(5A)(D)(iii)(III) is unsupported by substantial evidence. Commerce had found the Electricity Program specific because Hyundai's share of industrial-class electricity consumption exceeded its contribution to Korea's 2021 GDP. The court ordered further consideration on remand.

CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's final results in FEB AD review on Italy

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-44 dated April 28, 2026, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's final results in the antidumping duty administrative review of forged steel fluid end blocks from Italy for the period July 23, 2020, through December 31, 2021, published at 88 Fed. Reg. 55,010. The court addressed Commerce's choice of constructed value SG&A expense and profit data and its valuation of a major input purchased from an affiliated supplier. The case is Ellwood City Forge Co. v. United States, Court No. 23-00191, before Judge Timothy M. Reif.

CBSA initiates dumping and subsidy investigations into steel racks from China

The CBSA initiated investigations on April 20, 2026 into whether steel racks from producers operating in or exporting from China are being dumped, subsidized, or both, following a complaint by Arpac Storage Systems, Etalex Inc., Industries Cresswell Inc., the Econo-Rack (2015) Group Inc. and North American Steel Equipment Inc. The CITT will issue its preliminary injury decision by June 19, 2026, and the CBSA will make preliminary decisions by July 20, 2026. A statement of reasons will be available on the CBSA's website within 15 days of the launch.

CITT initiates preliminary injury inquiry into certain steel racks from China

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry (PI-2026-002) into a complaint by Arpac Storage Systems Corporation, Etalex Inc., Industries Cresswell Inc., The Econo-Rack Group (2015) Inc. and North American Steel Equipment Inc. that they have suffered injury from the dumping and subsidizing of certain steel racks from China. The inquiry follows the Canada Border Services Agency's initiation of dumping and subsidizing investigations under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA).

CITT initiates expiry reviews of concrete reinforcing bar findings from nine countries

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated expiry reviews RR-2026-002 and RR-2026-003 of its June 4, 2021 finding in inquiry NQ-2020-004 and its July 2, 2021 finding in inquiry NQ-2020-005 on concrete reinforcing bar from Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam (RR-2026-002) and from Oman and Russia (RR-2026-003), to determine whether expiry of the findings is likely to lead to continued or resumed dumping and injury to the domestic industry.

CBSA updates China Surtax Remission Order guidance and special authorization codes

The Canada Border Services Agency states in Customs Notice 25-05 that the China Surtax Remission Order (2024), SOR/2025-12, effective January 31, 2025, relieves surtaxes paid or payable under the China Surtax Order (2024) on eligible goods in Schedule 1 or Schedule 2, granted under section 115 of the Customs Tariff. The updated notice aligns with the Order Amending the China Surtax Remission Order (2024) and sets out special authorization codes 25-054A through 25-054M for the Special Authority OIC field on the Commercial Accounting Declaration, each tied to specific Schedule 2 items and import periods.

CITT finds reasonable indication of threat of injury from dumped oil and gas well casing from Austria

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal determined on April 2, 2026, in preliminary injury inquiry PI-2025-009, that the evidence does not disclose a reasonable indication that dumping of certain oil and gas well casing from Austria has caused injury to the domestic industry, but does disclose a reasonable indication that the dumping is threatening to cause injury. The inquiry followed the Canada Border Services Agency's initiation of a dumping investigation under the Special Import Measures Act. CBSA will continue its investigation and issue a preliminary determination by May 1, 2026.

CITT continues, with amendment, order on carbon steel screws from China and Chinese Taipei

Canada's International Trade Tribunal continued, with amendment, its September 2, 2020 order in expiry review RR-2019-002 following expiry review RR-2025-001, covering the dumping of carbon steel screws originating in or exported from China and Chinese Taipei and the subsidizing of such products originating in or exported from China. The Tribunal found that expiry of the order was likely to result in injury. The Canada Border Services Agency will therefore continue to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on these goods.

CITT finds injury on dumped and subsidized cast iron soil pipe from China

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal found on February 6, 2026 that the dumping and subsidizing of certain cast iron soil pipe originating in or exported from China have caused injury to the domestic industry, and anti-dumping and countervailing duties will therefore be collected by the Canada Border Services Agency. The complainant was Canada Pipe Company ULC, d.b.a. Bibby-Ste-Croix of Sainte-Croix, Québec. The Tribunal will issue the reasons for its findings on February 23, 2026.

CITT initiates preliminary injury inquiry into oil and gas well casing from Austria

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal initiated a preliminary injury inquiry under the Special Import Measures Act into a complaint by Tenaris Canada, of Regina, Saskatchewan, that it is threatened with injury from the dumping of certain oil and gas well casing from Austria, following the Canada Border Services Agency's initiation of a dumping investigation. On April 2, 2026, the Tribunal will determine whether there is a reasonable indication that the alleged dumping has caused injury or retardation, or threatens to cause injury; if so, the CBSA will continue its investigation and make a preliminary determination by May 1, 2026.

Canada's Global Affairs amends GIPs No. 80 and 81 to require country of melt and pour for steel imports

Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to Importers SER 1133 that, effective November 5, 2024, importers using General Import Permit No. 80 – Carbon Steel and General Import Permit No. 81 – Specialty Steel Products must provide country of melt and pour information at the time of importation as a term and condition of the permits. The requirement covers carbon steel under HS headings 7206-7217, 7225-7229, 7301-7302, 7304-7306 and 7308, and specialty steel under HS headings 7218-7224, 7312-7313 and 7317.

Canada re-adds carbon and specialty steel to Import Control List under GIP No. 80 and No. 81

Global Affairs Canada states in Notice to Importers No. 1032 that, effective November 2, 2020, item 80 (Carbon Steel Products) and item 81 (Specialty Steel Products) of the Import Control List have been re-added following their deemed removal on November 1, 2020, and the associated HS codes amended. Carbon steel covers HS headings 7206-7217, 7225-7229, 7302 and 7304-7306; specialty steel covers HS headings 7218-7224, 7301, 7308, 7312-7313 and 7317. The changes do not limit the quantity of carbon or specialty steel that may be imported into Canada, and the new items have no deemed removal date.