Five U.S. producers of steel nails have filed antidumping duty petitions alleging that dumped imports of nails from China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are causing material injury to the domestic industry. The petitioners allege antidumping margins of 59 percent to 136 percent for China and 98 percent to 114 percent for the UAE.
The petitioners are Mid Continent Nail Corporation, Poplar Bluff, MO; Davis Wire Corporation, Irwindale, CA; Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Atlas Steel & Wire Division), Tampa, FL; Maze Nales (Division of W.H. Maze Company), Peru, IL; and Treasure Coast Fasteners, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL.
Domestic nail producers contend that unfairly priced imports of steel nails have injured the U.S. industry by undercutting their prices and taking sales based …
