# 2026-16007: Commerce finds Belgian steel dumped, but some firms shipped nothing

2026-16007, Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium: Preliminary Results, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, International Trade Administration published 2026-08-06, effective 2026-08-06; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-13).

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- As of: 2026-08-13
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## Facts
- Document number: 2026-16007
- Title: Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From Belgium: Preliminary Results, Preliminary Determination of No Shipments, and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; International Trade Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 50773
- Published: 2026-08-06
- Effective: 2026-08-06
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-13

## In one line

Commerce finds Belgian steel dumped, but some firms shipped nothing

## 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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Preliminary 7.55% Dumping Margin: cost, medium. 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 individ…
- Rescission for Dansteel Due to No Entries: cost, low. 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 a…
- Cash Deposit Rates After Final Results: cost, medium. 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 covere…
- Automatic Assessment at 5.40% for Certain Entries: cost, low. 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 in…
- Importer Duty Reimbursement Certificate Requirement: cost, medium. 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.

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## Sources
- [2026-16007 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/06/2026-16007/certain-carbon-and-alloy-steel-cut-to-length-plate-from-belgium-preliminary-results-preliminary)
- [2026-16007 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-06/pdf/2026-16007.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-16007 (as of 2026-08-13).
