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    April 27, 2023

    US Plate Mills Seek End to Russian Plate Suspension Agreement

    Written by Laura Miller

    US plate producers are seeking to have the suspension agreement on Russian plate imports tossed and to be replaced with antidumping duties (AD).

    Nucor, Cleveland-Cliffs, and SSAB have asked the US Department of Commerce to terminate the AD suspension agreement on carbon steel plate from Russia. The producers say that the agreement is no longer meeting certain requirements of the Tariff Act of 1930, according to a Federal Register filing, and are asking for an AD order to be imposed on the cut-to-length plate imports from Russia instead.

    Laura Miller

    Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held various editorial positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills since 2007. She joined the SMU team in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

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