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The USITC has announced determinations on steel plate from China, Russia and Ukraine.
The United States International Trade Commission announced adequacy determinations on 4 September 2026 in five-year reviews concerning cut-to-length carbon steel plate.
The announcement published on 4 September 2026
The United States International Trade Commission announced, on 4 September 2026, adequacy determinations in the context of five-year reviews . The statement places these cases within the US anti-dumping and countervailing duty framework .
The announcement was issued by the United States International Trade Commission, referred to as the USITC in the title of the source publication . It concerns adequacy determinations, without setting out in the available text the reasoning adopted for each of them . The source describes the procedure as a five-year review .
The statement therefore describes a procedural stage in cases falling under US anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures . The available text sets out neither a quantified tariff decision, nor a duty rate, nor a countervailing duty amount . No US customs tariff code is given .
Nor does the publication reproduce case references, proceeding numbers, the dates on which the reviews were initiated, or the timetable for subsequent stages . It does not identify the US authorities expected to act following these determinations . The available text contains no direct quotation from a commissioner or another authority .
The USITC presents its announcement as concerning the procedural progress of five-year reviews . The published wording does not specify, in the available text, the criteria applied in assessing the adequacy of the material reviewed . Nor does it detail any separate conclusions that may be associated with each case .
The source document identifies anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures as the US legal framework for the announced cases . It provides no link to a full decision, technical annex or consolidated version . Details of the product and origins mentioned in the statement are set out in the section covering their scope .
As at the date of the announcement, 4 September 2026, the information published by the USITC in the available document is confined to the existence of the adequacy determinations, their inclusion in five-year reviews, and their connection to the US anti-dumping and countervailing duty regime .
The product covered and the origins concerned
The statement identifies cut-to-length carbon steel plate as the product covered by the five-year reviews cited by the United States International Trade Commission . The published description includes neither dimensions, thicknesses, manufacturing standards nor other technical characteristics allowing the product to be specified beyond that description .
The three origins cited are China, Russia and Ukraine . The text lists them in a single announcement concerning cut-to-length carbon steel plate . The available extract does not specify whether the determinations concern anti-dumping measures, countervailing duty measures, or both categories of measures for each origin .
The statement presents the information as a procedural stage in cases under the US anti-dumping and countervailing duty framework . It states that the Commission issued adequacy determinations in the context of five-year reviews . The extract does not reproduce the operative part of those determinations, their reasoning, or the material examined by the Commission .
No anti-dumping or countervailing duty rate appears in the available extract . No US tariff code, Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading or customs nomenclature is cited for the identified product . Nor does the extract provide a case number, investigation reference or review reference for China, Russia or Ukraine .
No hearing date, filing date, further publication date or other subsequent deadline is given in the available text . The statement likewise does not mention an annex describing the product's technical scope, the rates at issue or the next procedural steps . The accessible documentary details are therefore confined to the product, the three origins and the procedural nature of the announced determinations .
Sources cited
- usitc.gov - L’USITC publie des déterminations d’adéquation sur la tôle d’acier au carbone coupée à longueur de Chine, Russie et Ukraine