The federal government’s fiscal year (FY) 2024 concluded on September 30, 2024. Over the course of FY 2024, 117 antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) petitions were filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission). This quantity greatly exceeds the number of petitions filed in recent years and surpasses even the 114 AD and CVD petitions that were filed in FY 2020.
The number of petitions filed in FY 2024 is nearly double the average number of petitions filed annually (67.4) in the ten-year period between FY 2015 and FY 2024.
The 117 petitions filed in FY 2024 were submitted on behalf of 22 separate industries and cover the following products:
Of the 117 petitions filed in FY 2024, 24 sought AD or CVD duties on imports from China. This is roughly in line with the average percentage over the ten-year period between FY 2015 and FY 2024. Prior to the introduction of Section 301 tariffs on certain imports from China in 2018, the percentage of petitions seeking AD or CVD duties on imports from China was trending upwards.
Overall, the 117 petitions filed in FY 2024 were submitted with respect to imports from 30 different countries—the same number of distinct countries as in FY 2023. At the same time, over a quarter of the countries against which AD/CVD petitions were filed in FY 2024 were for imports from nations that have generally not been subject to this type of trade relief, including the Dominican Republic and Qatar (0 existing AD/CVD orders), Saudia Arabia and Trinidad & Tobago (1 current AD/CVD order each), Cambodia and Kazakhstan (2 current AD/CVD orders each), Poland (4 current AD orders), and the United Arab Emirates (5 current AD orders).
The surge in new petitions experienced in FY 2024 seems poised to continue as 19 petitions were filed in the first month of FY 2025 by four separate industries involving imports from six countries. As in FY 2024, requests for AD/CVD orders are likely to target imports from countries not generally subject to these duties. Already in FY 2025, one domestic industry is pursuing trade relief against imports of goods from Sri Lanka, a country that is not currently subject to any AD or CVD order.
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