The US Department of Commerce has announced that a hot-rolled flat steel producer in the Netherlands has been assigned anti-dumping duties, according to a Federal Register notice published on Monday March 2.
Commerce found that Tata Steel IJmuiden BV made “sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value” during the period of review, October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2024.
As a result, Commerce determined that the company should receive a weighted-average dumping margin of 5.67%.
Tata Steel Netherlands is one of Europe’s largest steel manufacturers.
Imports into the US of carbon and alloy hot-rolled steel sheet and strip from the Netherlands came to 1,379 tonnes in February 2026, down by 288 tonnes, 17.28%, from 1,667 tonnes imported in January, data from the International Trade Administration showed.
In the second month of 2026, a ruling by the Supreme Court sparked tariff turbulence that could affect the steel market.
On February 20, the US Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump had exceeded his authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs under an economic emergency law. The tariffs were imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
Hours after the Supreme Court’s decision, Trump imposed a 10% global tariff under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. On February 21, there was a threat to raise that duty to 15%.
Notably, the Section 122 global tariffs do not affect the Section 232 tariffs on steel, which are currently established at 50% for most countries.
Fastmarkets’ fortnightly assessment of the price for steel hot-rolled coil, import, ddp Port of Houston, averaged $840-900 per short ton in February, up by 6.75% from $790-840 per ton in January.
