USA confirms AD duties on Japanese nickel-plated steel

The US Department of Commerce has confirmed duties on some steel products from Japan after complaints that imports of nickel-plated flat products were being sold at unfairly low prices in the United States.

The world's second largest steelmaker, Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corporation, will have dumping margins of 77.7 percent, while other companies, including Toyo Kohan, have 45.42 percent.

The complaint was filed by Thomas Steel Strip Corporatio, a division of the Indian conglomerate Tata Steel. In announcing its final decision, the Commerce Department announced that in 2013 Japan's imports of nickel-plated flat steel used in batteries and fuel lines were valued at $ 12.6 million.