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The U.S. Department of Commerce is rescinding the antidumping duty administrative review of certain cold-rolled steel flat products from the United Kingdom for the period of review September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025 (case A-412-824). The rescission means no new AD duty rates will be calculated for this review period, and existing cash deposit rates remain in effect. This action is consistent with standard Commerce practice when all review requests are withdrawn.
All interested parties withdrew their review requests within the applicable anniversary month, triggering the mandatory rescission under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). No structural policy change drove the rescission; it is a procedural outcome of the absence of any party willing to bear the cost and risk of a POR review.
The domestic steel industry coalition that secured the original AD order has no incentive to request a review if current deposit rates are protective; UK exporters apparently judged that a review posed more risk than benefit given present market conditions. Commerce has no discretion to continue a review once all requests are withdrawn.
The UK-specific AD order on cold-rolled steel predates current Section 232 tariff architecture; UK steel exports to the US face both the AD order and the broader Section 232 steel tariff framework, compressing the commercial case for UK producers to contest individual POR margins through the administrative review process.