Steel
Caucus
Keeps
Up
Pressure in
Pending
Steel
Case
Urges
Commerce
Department
to
Enforce
Trade
Laws
For
Immediate
Release: October
25,
2016
Contact: Carly
Atchison 202.225.2301
Washington,
D.C.
–
Today,
Congressional
Steel
Caucus
Chairman
Tim
Murphy
(R-PA)
and
Vice
Chairman
Peter
Visclosky
(D-IN)
sent
another
letter
to
the
United
States
Department
of
Commerce
Secretary
Penny
Pritzker
in
support
of
domestic
steel
plate
producers
in
the
pending
trade
case
involving
carbon
and
alloy
steel
“cut-to-length”
(CTL)
plate
from
12
foreign
competitors
including
China.
In
the
letter,
Chairman
Murphy
and
Vice-Chairman
Visclosky
outline
the
critical importance
of
the
outcome
of
this
trade
case
for
the
health
of
the
domestic
CTL
plate
industry.
Domestic
steel
producers
and
American
steelworkers
currently
face
an
unprecedented
surge
in
unfairly
traded
imports.
Specifically,
the
domestic
industry
filed
an
antidumping
and
countervailing
duty
case
in
April
of
this
year
against
imports
of
CTL
plate
from
Austria,
Belgium,
Brazil,
China,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Korea,
South
Africa,
Taiwan,
and
Turkey.
Last
year,
nearly
one
million
tons
of
CTL
plate,
valued
at
more
than
$700
million,
was
imported
from
these
countries.
In
the
letter,
Chairman
Murphy
and
Vice-Chairman
Visclosky
outline
the
critical
importance
of
the
outcome
of
this
trade
case
for
American
CTL
plate
industry,
writing:
“We
encourage
the
Department
of
Commerce
to
ensure
that
foreign
competitors’
unfair
trade
practices
do
not
continue
to
injure
an
already
weakened
industry.
While
the
American
steel
industry
recently
obtained
much-needed
trade
relief
on
imports
of
corrosion-resistant,
cold-rolled,
and
hot-rolled
steel,
U.S.
steel
producers
continue
to
suffer
from
an
onslaught
of
imports,
including
of
carbon
and
alloy
steel
cut-to-length
plate.”
This
past
year,
the
Congressional
Steel
Caucus
shepherded
historic
trade
enforcement
legislation
through
Congress
and
to
the
President’s
desk.
The
newly
enacted
laws
provide
the
Department
of
Commerce,
along
with
the
International
Trade
Commission
and
the
U.S.
Customs
and
Border
Protection,
with
the
legal
foundation
and
enforcement
tools
needed
to
fight
back
against
illegal
trading
practices
being
used
by
foreign
cheaters
that
are
squarely
aimed
to
destroy
the
American
steel
industry.
The
full
text
of
the
letter
is
below.
--
October
25,
2016
The
Honorable
Penny
Pritzker
Secretary
of
Commerce
U.S.
Department
of
Commerce
14th
Street
and
Constitution
Avenue,
N.W.
Washington,
D.C.
20230
Dear
Secretary
Pritzker,
We
are
writing
to
express
our
strong
support
for
domestic
steel
plate
producers
and
American
steelworkers
in
the
pending
trade
case
involving
carbon
and
alloy
steel
cut-to-length
(“CTL”)
plate
from
Austria,
Belgium,
Brazil,
China,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Korea,
South
Africa,
Taiwan,
and
Turkey.
As
Chairman
and
Vice-Chairman
of
the
Congressional
Steel
Caucus,
we
encourage
the
Department
of
Commerce
(Commerce)
to
ensure
that
foreign
competitors’
unfair
trade
practices
do
not
continue
to
injure
an
already
weakened
industry.
While
the
American
steel
industry
recently
obtained
much-needed
trade
relief
on
imports
of
corrosion-resistant,
cold-rolled,
and
hot-rolled
steel,
U.S.
steel
producers
continue
to
suffer
from
an
onslaught
of
imports,
including
of
carbon
and
alloy
steel
cut-to-length
(“CTL”)
plate.
Facing
an
unprecedented
surge
in
unfairly
traded
imports,
the
domestic
industry
filed
an
antidumping
and
countervailing
duty
case
in
April
of
this
year
against
imports
of
CTL
plate
from
Austria,
Belgium,
Brazil,
China,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Japan,
Korea,
South
Africa,
Taiwan,
and
Turkey.
Last
year,
nearly
one
million
tons
of
CTL
plate,
valued
at
more
than
$700
million,
was
imported
from
these
countries.
The
outcome
of
this
case
is
absolutely
critical
to
the
health
of
the
domestic
CTL
plate
industry.
Congress
has
worked
hard
to
give
Commerce
new
tools
to
evaluate
trade
remedy
cases,
including
enhanced
discretion
to
apply
adverse
facts
available
where
companies
or
their
governments
have
failed
to
cooperate.
It
is
critical
that
Commerce
utilize
these
tools
in
calculating
the
appropriate
level
of
duties
in
the
ongoing
CTL
plate
investigations.
On
behalf
of
the
domestic
CTL
plate
industry
and
the
workers
and
families
who
depend
on
the
full
and
fair
enforcement
of
our
trade
laws,
we
ask
you
to
give
careful
consideration
to
their
arguments
in
your
upcoming
preliminary
determinations.
Thank
you
in
advance
for
your
consideration
of
these
critical
issues.
###
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