The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain steel nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of Vietnam.

Vice Chairman Dean A. Pinkert and Commissioners Irving A. Williamson, David S. Johanson, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein voted in the affirmative.  Chairman Meredith M. Broadbent voted in the negative.  Commissioner F. Scott Kieff did not participate in these investigations.

As a result of the USITC’s affirmative determinations, Commerce will issue a countervailing duty order on imports of these products from Vietnam and antidumping duty orders on imports of these products from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

The Commission’s public report Certain Steel Nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam  (Investigation Nos. 701-TA-521 and 731-TA-1252-1255 and 1257 (Final), USITC Publication 4541, July 2015) will contain the views of the Commissioners and information developed during the investigations.

The report will be available by July 27, 2015; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: http://pubapps.usitc.gov/applications/publogs/qry_publication_loglist.asp .