Analysis
July 6, 2026
US begins CORE duty circumvention probe
Written by Laura Miller
The International Trade Administration’s Enforcement and Compliance department has begun a circumvention inquiry into the alleged illegal transshipment of corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) products.
The country-wide inquiry will investigate whether CORE from China was completed in Thailand using components produced in China and then shipped to the US, circumventing the anti-dumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) orders on Chinese CORE.
The AD on CORE from China is currently close to 200%, while the CVD is upwards of 250%.
The investigation follows requests from Nucor and Steel Dynamics, according to a notice in the Federal Register.
The two steel producers also requested, in March, a circumvention inquiry into Chinese CORE products completed in Indonesia.
