The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof from China and Mexico that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value, and subsidized by the government of China.
Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, Randolph J. Stayin, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the affirmative.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determinations, the U.S. Department of Commerce will continue its investigations of imports of certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof from China and Mexico, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about December 22, 2022, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations due on or about March 7, 2023.
The Commission’s public report Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof from China and Mexico (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-682 and 731-TA-1592-1593 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 5387, November 2022) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.
The report will be available by December 19, 2022; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.
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