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    April 9, 2026

    Court backs Commerce in Nippon’s hot-rolled steel review dispute

    Written by Laura Miller

    The US Court of International Trade (CIT) has upheld the Commerce Department’s decision to apply adverse facts available to Nippon Steel in the 2018-2019 administrative review of hot-rolled steel from Japan.

    In the final results of the AD administrative review of 2018-2019, Commerce assigned the Nippon group of companies a weighted-average dumping margin of 11.70%, partially using adverse facts available.

    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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