US Preliminary Determination on Double Remedies Investigation of Steel Nail from Taiwan

After the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced that countervailing did not occur in Taiwan's steel nails exported to the U.S.,on December 18 of 2014 the Department determined that no dumping occurred in the same product. The Ministry of Economic Affairs expressed relief over the success in this double remedy ruling. Regarding this case, the Ministry said it had been meeting and discussing with the Ministry of Finance and Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute since the investigation started on May 30, 2014.

Bureau of Foreign Trade offered fund for companies to hire lawyers, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States helped clarify the situation to DOC, and Chinese National Federation of Industries as well as Taiwan Industrial Fasteners Institute helped the companies respond to the ruling. Bureau of Foreign Trade stressed that reacting to anti-dumping accusation proactively will yield better chance for positive results.