Commerce finds Belgian steel dumped, but some firms shipped nothing
Published Date: 8/6/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) were made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. In addition, we are making a preliminary determination of no shipments by NLMK Clabecq S.A., NLMK Plate Sales S.A., NLMK Sales Europe S.A., NLMK Manage Steel Center S.A., and NLMK La Louviere S.A. (collectively, NLMK Belgium), and rescinding the review for one company. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 5 costs, 0 mixed.
Preliminary 7.55% Dumping Margin
Commerce preliminarily found that Industeel Belgium S.A. had a weighted-average dumping margin of 7.55% for certain carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate for the period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025. Commerce preliminarily assigned the same 7.55% rate to Nialco S.A., which was not individually examined in this review.
Cash Deposit Rates After Final Results
After the final results are published, cash deposit rates for shipments of the subject merchandise entered or withdrawn for consumption on or after that publication date will be the rates set in the final results (or zero if the rate is less than 0.50%). The all-others rate for producers not covered by the review remains 5.40%, the rate from the original less-than-fair-value investigation.
Importer Duty Reimbursement Certificate Requirement
Importers must file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties before liquidation of relevant entries for this review period. If an importer fails to file the certificate, Commerce may presume reimbursement occurred and could assess double antidumping duties.
Rescission for Dansteel Due to No Entries
Commerce preliminarily determined that NLMK Dansteel A.S. had no entries of subject merchandise during May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025 and is rescinding the administrative review with respect to Dansteel. Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on any appropriate Dansteel entries at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption.
Automatic Assessment at 5.40% for Certain Entries
For entries of subject merchandise produced by Industeel where Industeel did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others LTFV investigation rate of 5.40% if there is no rate for an intermediate company involved.
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