Final rulings favor Elkay domestic manufacturing operations
U.S. Customs will impose duties on imports of unlawfully traded stainless steel sinks.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has unanimously ruled that unlawful pricing by Chinese producers of drawn stainless steel sinks caused material injury to Elkay Manufacturing Co. and other domestic producers of drawn stainless steel sinks. This is in response to anti-dumping and anti-subsidy petitions filed by Elkay in March 2012, on behalf of U.S. stainless steel sink manufacturers.
This affirmative vote is the final ruling by the ITC in the international trade investigations related to drawn stainless steel sinks from China. As a result of the vote, the anti-dumping and countervailing subsidy duties placed on Chinese imports by the Department of Commerce (DOC) are final for an initial five-year period. Four individual Chinese producers received combined rates ranging from 30.46% to 52.13% while 19 cooperating producers received a rate of 42.06%. Non-cooperating Chinese producers received a rate of 85.04%.