Japanese Nickel Steel Dodges U.S. Dumping Duties for Another Year
Published Date: 8/5/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce checked if Toyo Kohan, a Japanese steel company, sold nickel-plated steel at unfairly low prices from May 2024 to April 2025 and found they did not. They also stopped reviewing 14 other companies in this case. This means no extra duties will be charged for Toyo Kohan during this time, and the decision is effective as of August 5, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
All-Others Cash Deposit Rate Remains 45.42%
Commerce stated that the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters not covered by the review will continue to be 45.42 percent, the all-others rate from the original less-than-fair-value investigation. This rate applies to shipments entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of this administrative review.
Toyo Kohan: No Dumping Found
Commerce preliminarily found that Toyo Kohan did not sell diffusion-annealed, nickel-plated flat-rolled steel at less than normal value for the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, and reported a weighted-average dumping margin of 0.00 percent. This preliminary finding (reported in the notice published August 5, 2026) means importers of Toyo Kohan's entries for that period face no antidumping margin under the preliminary result.
Rescission for 14 Japanese Suppliers
Commerce rescinded the administrative review for 14 listed Japanese companies because there were no suspended entries of their subject merchandise during May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025. For those companies, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on applicable entries at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry.
Automatic Assessment for Unknown-U.S.-Destination Entries
For entries of subject merchandise produced by Toyo Kohan for which Toyo Kohan did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States during the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others less-than-fair-value rate if there is no rate for intermediate companies. The notice lists the all-others LTFV practice as the fallback for such entries.
Importer Duty-Reimbursement Certificate Requirement
The notice reminds importers of their duty under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate about reimbursement of antidumping duties before liquidation. If an importer fails to file this certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and assess double antidumping duties.
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