US Investigates Cheap Chinese Tungsten Shot Dumping on Hunters
Published Date: 2/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. is taking a closer look at tungsten shot coming from China to see if it's hurting American businesses by being unfairly cheap or subsidized. This means importers and U.S. manufacturers should pay attention because final decisions could lead to new duties or taxes soon. The investigation is moving into its final phase, so changes might happen quickly and could impact prices and trade.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Final Phase: Tungsten Shot Probe
The Commission has scheduled the final phase of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into imports of tungsten shot from China under the Tariff Act of 1930. The probe will decide whether a U.S. industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by those imports that are provided for in HTS subheadings 9306.29.00 and 8101.99.80.
Commerce’s Preliminary Finding Noted
The Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that imports of tungsten shot from China were subsidized and sold at less-than-fair-value. That preliminary finding is part of the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations moving to the final phase.
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