washington u.s. department commerce make final find seven foreign producers dump certain carbon alloy steel cut-to-length plate u.s. market allow impose duties range 3.62 percent 148 percent commerce secretary wilbur ross say thursday determinations dump sell product fair price apply import ctl plate austria belgium france germany italy japan south korea taiwan ross say addition final find south korean import subsidize lead countervail duty 4.31 percent slap products say department event healthy steel industry critical economy manufacture base yet steel industry today assault foreign producers dump subsidize export ross tell audience 2015 import ctl plate seven producers total 732 million austria belgium france germany italy japan korea taiwan value estimate 14.2 million 19.8 million 179 million 196.2 million 37 million 54.9 million 210 million 21 million respectively department figure show bit.ly/2mszm1z cut-to-length steel use wide range applications include build bridgework agricultural construction mine equipment machine part tool ship rail cars tankers barge large-diameter pipe find follow investigation prompt petition nucor corp u.s. subsidiaries arcelormittal sa ssab ab austrian producers exporters dump duties voestalpine group others set 53.72 percent 5.4 percent industeel belgium 51.78 percent nlmk belgium group 5.4 percent belgium producers exporters among french manufacturers exporters duty rat set 148.02 percent industeel france 8.62 percent dillinger france others germany duties set 5.38 percent ag dillinger hüttenwerke 22.90 percent salzgitter group 21.03 percent exporters producers spokesman salzgitter confirm company face duties say decision impose duties level incomprehensible italy department set anti-dumping duty rat 6.08 percent officine tecnosider 22.19 percent marcegaglia spa nlmk verona spa 6.08 percent producers exporters among japanese producers exporters tokyo steel manufacture co ltd hit duty rate 14.79 percent rate 48.67 percent impose jfe steel corp shimabun corp others set 14.79 percent taiwanese company shang chen steel co ltd china steel corp anti-dumping duties 3.62 percent 6.95 percent respectively impose rate producers exporters set 5.29 percent south korea department impose anti-dumping duty 7.39 percent posco well countervail duty 4.31 percent account subsidies rat apply producers exporters find allow department ask u.s. customs authorities collect cash deposit exporters base rat march decision stem investigation u.s. international trade commission say make final find u.s. industry harm dump subsidization import carbon alloy steel ctl plate china allow final imposition duties commerce department china producers exporters plate u.s. impose duties find seven producers dump steel plate