Analysis
April 17, 2026
Commerce foresees heavy dumping recurring in NOES sunset review
Written by Laura Miller
The US Commerce Department has determined that allowing anti-dumping and countervailing duties on non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) imports from a handful of countries to expire would result in continued dumping and subsidization at significant levels.
The determination is part of expedited sunset reviews of the AD order on NOES from Sweden, Germany, China, Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, and the CVD order on NOES from China and Taiwan.
Commerce found that revoking the NOES orders “would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be weighted-average dumping margins up to 126.72% for Sweden, 98.84% for Germany, 407.52% for China, 6.88% for Korea, 52.23% for Taiwan, and 204.79% for Japan.”
Allowing the CVDs on NOES to expire would result in continued countervailable subsidies of 158.88% for Baoshan Iron & Steel and all other Chinese producers/exporters, Commerce said. For Taiwan, subsidies would be likely to recur at 17.21% for Leicong Industrial Co. and 8.61% for all other Taiwanese companies.
Sunset reviews are conducted every five years to determine if AD/CVD orders should be allowed to expire, or ‘sunset.’ Commerce determines the levels of dumping/subsidization that would happen if the duties were discontinued. The International Trade Commission makes the final injury determination. An affirmative injury ruling would keep the duties in place for another five years. A negative injury ruling would end the duties.
Commerce expedited this review because there were no foreign respondent interested parties, only domestic interested parties. Expedited reviews take Commerce 120 days to complete, while full reviews take twice as long.
