Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Czechia and Russia Does Not Injure U.S. Industry, Says USITC
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Czechia and Russia Does Not Injure U.S. Industry, Says USITC
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is not materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Czechia and Russia that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value.
Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, and Amy A. Karpel voted in the negative. Commissioner Randolph J. Stayin did not participate.
As a result of the Commission’s negative determinations, no antidumping duties will be imposed on imports from Czechia and Russia.
The Commission’s public report Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Czechia and Russia (Inv. Nos. 731-TA-1575 and 731-TA-1577 (Final), USITC Publication 5392, December 2022) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigation.
The report will be available by January 24, 2023; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.
- Type of investigation: Final antidumping duty investigations.
- Petitioner: Lion Elastomers LLC, Port Neches, Texas.
- USITC Institution Date: Monday, November 15, 2021.
- USITC Hearing Date: Tuesday, November 08, 2022.
- USITC Vote Date: Thursday, December 08, 2022.
- USITC Notification to Commerce Date: Tuesday, December 27, 2022.
- Number of U.S. producers: 2.
- Location of producers’ plants: Texas.
- Production and related workers: 1
- U.S. producers’ U.S. shipments: 1
- Apparent U.S. consumption: 1
- Ratio of subject imports to apparent U.S. consumption: 1
- Subject imports: $41.7 million.
- Nonsubject imports: $29.6 million.
- Leading import sources: Mexico, Russia, Czechia, Germany, and Taiwan (by volume).