US Agrees to Refund Steel Rod Exporter Section 232 Duties

The U.S. agreed to refund Section 232 duties that exporter ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada paid on its steel bars and rod imports, the parties said in a Sept. 20 stipulated judgment submitted to the Court of International Trade. The parties said the 47 entries at issue across seven cases brought by the company qualify for exclusion to the duties granted by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada v. United States, CIT # 21-00038).

The goods at issue fell under six different Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings -- 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3093, 7213.99.0030, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6030 and 7227.90.6035. All are various iron or nonalloy steel bars and rods.

ArcelorMittal took to the trade court to contest the imposition of Section 232 duties on the goods by CBP under secondary subheading 9903.80.01, dutiable at 25%. The U.S. agreed that various exclusions apply to the goods, qualifying the entries for refunds with interest.