The US International Trade Commission voted 4-2 to deny duties in the case filed last year by steel wire companies in
The panel also denied duties last week in two other cases involving refrigerators from
Altogether, the ITC rejected duties in three of five cases filed over two days last year, a development that could make some industry groups think twice before filing new requests for import relief.
In the steel wire case, the Commerce Department last month set duties ranging from 194 percent to 235 percent on imports from
The department also set additional duties of 19.06 percent to 223.27 percent on the Chinese steel wire to "countervail" government subsidies.
Under the
Importers will be refunded bonds or cash deposits they were required to post based on preliminary duty rates.
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