U.S. Department of Commerce Review on Forged Steel Fittings from India and Korea
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has made important findings about forged steel fittings from India and the Republic of Korea. These findings come from a detailed review regarding the antidumping duties placed on these products.
The Department of Commerce looked at past orders issued on December 11, 2020, which applied duties to these steel fittings. These duties were put in place to prevent unfair pricing and competition in the United States.
Commerce began a new review on December 1, 2025, to see if these duties should continue. This review is called a “sunset review,” and it follows the rules of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Several companies and a union in the U.S. have shown interest in keeping these duties. These groups included Bonney Forge Corporation, Phoenix Forging Company/Capital Manufacturing Company, LLC, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. They argued that taking away these duties would lead to unfair pricing again.
Commerce decided to conduct an “expedited” review. This involves a quicker process that takes 120 days. They made this decision because no other countries or companies provided enough information to argue against the duties.
During the review, some deadlines were affected by a government shutdown in November. The deadlines were extended twice, once by 47 days and then by 21 days, to ensure that everything was reviewed properly.
The review confirmed that if the duties were not continued, dumping would likely continue or happen again. Commerce found high dumping margins of up to 293.40% for India and 198.38% for Korea.
This decision also reminded businesses involved to handle sensitive information carefully, following specific rules.
The U.S. Department of Commerce has published these findings officially. They are working to ensure fair trade practices continue by keeping these antidumping duties in place.
This decision aims to support U.S. manufacturers and workers by preventing unfair competition from foreign companies that might sell products at artificially low prices.
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