U.S. trade commission votes to end antidumping duty probe for S. Korean tin mill products

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. trade commission voted Tuesday to end an antidumping duty probe into imports of tin mill products from South Korea, saying that the imports seen as being sold at less than fair value in the U.S. market are "negligible." The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) announced the decision, while also determining that tin mill products from Canada, China and Germany do not injure the U.S. industry. Tin mill is a steel product widely used for food packaging or to store other items. "The commission further found that the imports of these products from South Korea that Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value are negligible and voted to terminate the antidumping duty investigation concerning South Korea," USITC said in a statement. It added, "As a result of the finding of negligibility, the antidumping duty investigation regarding imports from South Korea will be terminated." Last month, the Department of Commerce said that imports o f tin mill products from South Korea, China, Canada and Germany were found to have been dumped into the U.S. market as it announced its final antidumping duty determinations. In the list of companies subject to duties was one South Korean firm on which the department set a duty rate of 2.69 percent. USITC is an independent federal agency that advises the legislative and executive branches on trade issues. Source: Yonhap News Agency