March 29, 2024
News Release 24-029
Inv. No(s). 701-TA-706-709 and 731-TA-1667-1672
Contact: Philip Stone, 202-205-1819
USITC Votes To Continue Investigations on Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is subject to material injury or threat of material injury by reason of imports of melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments of Germany, India, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, 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 melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago, with its preliminary countervailing duty determinations due on or about May 9, 2024, and its preliminary antidumping duty determinations due on or about July 23, 2024.

The Commission’s public report Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago (Inv. Nos. 701-TA-706-709 and 731-TA-1667-1672 (Preliminary), USITC Publication 5503, April 2024) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the investigations.

The report will be available by April 26, 2024; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at:  https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.
 


UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20436

FACTUAL HIGHLIGHTS

Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago

Investigation Nos: 701-TA-706-709 and 731-TA-1667-1672 (Preliminary)

 

Product Description:  Melamine is a fine, white organic crystalline powder with the chemical structure 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triamine (C3H6N6, CAS number 108‐78‐1). Melamine is used primarily to manufacture melamine-formaldehyde resins that are feedstocks in products used in the automotive, construction, and furniture sectors, including surface coatings, laminates, molding compounds, paper and textile treatments, and adhesives.

 

Status of Proceedings:

  1. Type of investigation:  Preliminary countervailing and antidumping duty investigations.
  2. Petitioners:  Cornerstone Chemical Company, Waggaman, Louisiana.
  3. USITC Institution Date:  Wednesday, February 14, 2024.
  4. USITC Conference Date:  Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
  5. USITC Vote Date:  Friday, March 29, 2024.
  6. USITC Notification to Commerce Date:  Monday, April 1, 2024.

U.S. Industry in 2023:

  1. Number of U.S. producers:  1.
  2. Location of producers’ plants:  Louisiana.
  3. Production and related workers:   1. 
  4. U.S. producers’ U.S. shipments:  1.
  5. Apparent U.S. consumption:  1.
  6. Ratio of subject imports to apparent U.S. consumption:  1.

U.S. Imports in 2023:

  1. Subject imports:  $52.0 million.
  2. Nonsubject imports:  $1.2 million.
  3. Leading import sources:  Netherlands, India, and Germany.

 1 Withheld to avoid disclosure of business proprietary information.

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