September 2014 - American Institute for International Steel

American Institute For International Steel, Inc.
steel news
september 2014
E-newsletter for AIIS Members and the Steel Community
Executive Director’s Report
contents
1 Executive Director’s Report
3 Market Update
7 Steel Shorts
9 AIIS New Members
12 Customs Corner
14 Calendar of Events
Leon Trotsky once famously said, “You may not be interested in war, but
war is interested in you.” This compelling and challenging assertion is valid
in more than the obvious national security context. We might paraphrase
it this way: “You may not be interested in international events, but they are
interested in you.”
AIIS members, who are all deeply affected by the dynamics of global
events and markets, know how true this statement is.
For just one of many current examples, consider the deepening pro-democracy protests gripping
Hong Kong. According to the Wall Street Journal, on Monday, September 29, investor fears related
to developments in Hong Kong sent the Dow down one percent before recovering later in the day.
The markets understand that broader-based economic disruptions are a potential consequence of
international political turmoil.
At the AIIS, because we know how much our members are affected by them, we seek to closely
monitor these developments, and particularly any relevant U.S. Government responses, whether on
Capitol Hill, or in the executive branch. We employ an extensive global network of reliable, wellplaced sources and connections to gather the information we need to keep our members informed
and up-to-date. We then distill and assess this information in the context of factors such as relevant
international legal norms and obligations.
As important as all of this is, however, we do not just engage in passive monitoring and analysis
activities. We know that global political forces and developments have their own pace. Governmentto-government initiatives like the stalled WTO trade facilitation agreement, and the slowing US-EU
free trade negotiations, can and often do get bogged down. Difficulties and complications among
governments are not a signal that we should stay on the sidelines, however.
We believe the opposite is true—it is because of these complications that we are increasing our
engagement, and reaching out more to like-minded partners who share our mission and vision of
free and responsible trade in steel.
An example is the just-concluded negotiation between the AIIS and the Panama Canal Authority for
a joint cooperation agreement to promote cooperative efforts and Panama Canal activities related to
trade in steel. AIIS members like the Port of Houston Authority have long recognized the importance
of a strategic partnership with the Panama Canal Authority, and now this is value that we will be able
to bring to all of our members as well.
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Richard Chriss, Esq.
Executive Director of AIIS
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We anticipate that this agreement—our second
international joint cooperation agreement in
eight months—will be signed shortly. Please
stay tuned.
it also underscores the economic significance of
all the AIIS port authority members.
Finally, I want to salute our outstanding new
members, whose guidance and collaboration
make the AIIS so much stronger:
Second, if you haven’t already done so, I again
invite you to make plans to attend our New York The Port of Corpus Christi, Harsco/IKG
City Annual Dinner on December 3.
Industries, and JIT Shipping Limited.
There is a great deal of excitement about this You will find more information on these notable
year’s catered, buffet-style dinner due to a great new AIIS members elsewhere in this newsletter.
new venue—the top floor of a historic Fifth
Avenue building, with sweeping, dramatic views On a personal note, I hope that all of you had an
of New York City, seasonal warmth, an appealing enjoyable summer. The fall, winter, and spring
ambience, open bar, great food—and our highly all promise to present a new set of challenges
and opportunities in our industry, and we look
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forward to working on them with you.
We will feature off-the–record presentations on
economic, trade, and finance issues affecting
the steel industry from three exceptionally
Market Update
accomplished individuals: former Commerce
Department Under Secretary for International Third quarter economic numbers are due out
Trade Grant Aldonas, OHL International soon, and they may give an indication of where
President Patrick Moebel, and award-winning the economy is heading following conflicting
Bank of America Merrill Lynch metals analyst data during the first half of the year.
Timna Tanners.
Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by
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Third, I would like to call your attention to
remarkable economic news from a notable AIIS The agency credited the more than 6-point
swing from one quarter to the next to “upturns
member, the Georgia Ports Authority.
in exports and in private inventory investment,
In his annual Georgia Ports Authority address on
accelerations in [personal consumption
September 25, 2014, Executive Director Curtis
expenditures] and in nonresidential fixed
Foltz reported “1,900 new jobs and 2.7 million
investment, and upturns in state and local
square feet of industrial expansion tied to a year
government spending and in residential
of phenomenal growth for Georgia’s deep water
fixed investment that were partly offset by an
ports.” Mr. Foltz further stated that these new
acceleration in imports.”
jobs created additional positions throughout the
The third quarter data could hint at whether the
transportation and logistics chain.
second quarter performance was the start of a
This outstanding record not only highlights the
trend toward stronger growth in an economy
accomplishments of the Georgia Ports Authority,
that, at times, still seems to be not fully recovered
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Market Update (continued from page 3)
from the recession of the late 2000s, or was Unemployment was 6.1 percent in August, 0.1
simply a “dead cat bounce” after the negative percent lower than the July level, and the same
growth of the first three months of the year.
as the June percentage, the Department of
Analyses of economic indicators by The Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. The
Conference Board “point to an economy that is unemployment rate has not been lower since
continuing to gain traction, but most likely won’t September 2008.
repeat its stellar second quarter performance in
the second half ” of the year. The organization’s
Leading Economic Index rose only slightly in
August following much more impressive growth
in July, and a Conference Board economist
predicted that, “Despite concerns about
investment picking up, the economy should
continue expanding at a moderate pace for the
remainder of the year.”
Light vehicle sales increased 10.5 percent to
1.6 million from July to August, according to
the National Automobile Dealers Association.
Motor Intelligence, meanwhile, reported that
sales of light-duty trucks in August were up 9
percent over their level a year earlier, while car
sales were 1.2 percent higher.
The Institute for Supply Management’s
Purchasing Managers Index registered 59
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, meanwhile, percent in August, up 1.9 percent from July,
reported relatively weak performance in a measure, ISM officials said, that indicates
August in its National Activity Index, and it “continued expansion in manufacturing.”
partly scaled back an earlier conclusion of
strong growth in July. Nonetheless, the bank Steel imports in July totaled $3.3 billion
on 3.5 million metric tons, according
concluded that, “Despite the slowdown in the
to the Census Bureau, with the dollar
US economy in August, we maintain a positive
stance on the US economy in the second half
value 6.5 percent higher than in June,
of 2014, and indeed in 2015 as well.” It forecast
and the tonnage 6.1 percent higher
3 percent growth in both the third and fourth
quarters, which would put annual economic Annualizing the August index would project
growth for 2014 at 2.2 percent.
to annual growth of 5.2 percent, according to
The National Association of Realtors also the institute, while the year-to-date index – 55
saw a slowdown in August. The organization percent – is estimated to equate to growth of
reported that existing home sales decreased 3.9 percent. Of the 18 industries tracked by the
1.8 percent following four months of increases. index, 17 reported growth in August, with the
An association economist, though, said that, only exception being textile mills.
“As long as solid job growth continues, wages
should eventually pick up to steadily improve
purchasing power and help fully release the
pent-up demand for buying.”
Steel imports in July totaled $3.3 billion on 3.5
million metric tons, according to the Census
Bureau, with the dollar value 6.5 percent higher
than in June, and the tonnage 6.1 percent
Housing starts also dipped in August, with the higher. “The July change in steel imports based
Census Bureau and the Department of Housing on metric tonnage reflected increases primarily
and Urban Development reporting a 14.4 percent in plates, in coils, hot rolled sheets, and oil
decrease from July. Nearly all of the decrease country goods,” the bureau reported. “Decreases
occurred in the multifamily sector, which is occurred primarily in blooms, billets, and
regarded as highly volatile. Single-family housing slabs; wire rods; and reinforcing bars. Increases
occurred primarily with Russia, Korea, and the
starts were down only slightly in August.
United Kingdom. Decreases occurred primarily
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Market Update (continued from page 5)
with Mexico, Turkey, and Germany.” Year-todate imports through June totaled 19.1 million
metric tons, one-third higher than during the
first six months of last year.
in the spring. Things were
looking good, but then some
indicators seemed to cast
doubt on that in August.
And a renewed military
The dollar is a little stronger than it
mission for the United
was through much of the first half of
States in Iraq probably
the year, with mid-September exchange will not do much to
rates at 0.78 euros, 0.61 pounds, 108.74 help consumer or
yen and 6.14 yuan
business confidence.
The dollar is a little stronger than it was through We hope to see solid
much of the first half of the year, with mid- numbers for the third
September exchange rates at 0.78 euros, 0.61 quarter, but, even if that
happens, we probably
pounds, 108.74 yen and 6.14 yuan.
will still wonder if there is
Foreign policy news continues to be unsettling. some residual shakiness in
With ISIS showcasing its brutality after winning the economy heading into the
ground in northern Iraq that had been taken holiday season.
from Islamic militants by U.S. forces just a few
years ago, President Obama announced that
Steel Shorts
he will increase U.S. military involvement in
the region and will even order airstrikes – to
be conducted with forces from several Arab ITC Imposes Duties on South Korea, 6 Others
states – on ISIS targets in Syria. Obama and for OCTG Imports
other U.S. officials, though, have expressed great The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
reluctance to sending American ground forces on Aug. 22 voted to impose anti-dumping duties
back into Iraq. In Europe, Russian involvement on South Korea and five other nations for their
in the rebellion in Ukraine continues to frustrate sale of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) in the
the West. The warring sides agreed to a truce on United States.
Sept. 5, but it has been far from fully effective.
More than half of all imports of OCTG, which
Turmoil and violence, unfortunately, continue
to be de rigueur in the Middle East. Russian
military action that some see as an effort by that
country’s president, Vladimir Putin, to start reassembling the old Soviet Union may pose the
greater threat to global stability, inasmuch as it
involves an aggressive, territorially ambitious
world power openly defying the international
community, and virtually daring other countries
to do something about it.
The U.S. economy continues to confound. Half
a decade after the financial crisis and recession,
we are still not sure what to expect. Growth in
the fourth quarter of 2013 led to contraction
to start the year, which led to sharp expansion
are used for oil and gas exploration, come from
South Korea. U.S. trade officials launched an
investigation after domestic producers filed
a complaint in July 2013 charging that South
Korea was selling the products at below-fair
value prices. The ITC decision confirmed a July
Commerce Department ruling that imposed
dumping margins of 9.89 percent to 15.75
percent on South Korean imports.
The South Korean trade ministry responded
to the decision by saying it “will come up with
appropriate countermeasures based on legal
reviews and discussions with the local industry.”
The value of OCTG imports from South Korea
totaled more than $800 million in 2013.
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Steel Shorts (continued from page 7)
The ITC also determined that India, Taiwan,
Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam had sold OCTG
at less than fair value prices in the United States
and that India and Turkey had subsidized the
sale of their products. It rejected Commerce
Department findings of violations by Philippines
and Thailand.
The decision followed lobbying by the domestic
steel industry, as well as at least 152 members of
Congress and 57 senators.
Senators Seek Action Against Rebar
Imports from Mexico, Turkey
unfair foreign trade practices.”
“When foreign producers dump their rebar
here, they deprive our own domestic steel
industry of the benefits of economic growth,”
Klobuchar said. “Their unfairly priced rebar
displaces the rebar produced by the mills in
our country that employ American workers.
That hurts our workers who make steel and
every American who is connected to them.”
Steel Producers Respond to Increasing Use
of Aluminum in Auto Industry
The steel industry is responding to the increased
Thirty-six senators wrote to the chairman use of aluminum by automakers with new
of the U.S. International Trade Commission varieties of their product, USA Today reported
(ITC) on Sept. 15 to urge her to “give careful on Sept. 22.
consideration” to charges that Mexico and With Ford shifting to an all-aluminum body for
Turkey are selling rebar in the United States at its F-150 – the top-selling vehicle in America
unfair prices.
for more than three decades – starting in 2015
The ITC is in the final phase of antidumping in order to reduce its weight and improve its
and countervailing duty investigations of sales fuel efficiency, steel producers are pitching new
stronger and lighter grades of steel.
of rebar from those two countries.
In the letter to Meredith Broadbent, which
was led by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and
Mark Pryor, D-Ark., the senators wrote that the
domestic rebar industry has “faced a continuous
onslaught of unfairly traded imports which has
had a negative impact on rebar producers and
their families.
“Conditions have deteriorated to such an extent
that some U.S. producers have been forced to
close production, while others have had to lay
off workers, slash hours, and cut pay to stay
afloat,” they wrote. They went on to state that, “It
is essential that foreign subsidies and dumping
be addressed in order to prevent further harm
to the U.S. rebar industry and the unwarranted
loss of American jobs.”
The vice president of the Steel Market
Development Institute said he expects steel
companies to have some success and, “We
project the usage of [high-strength steel] to
continue to rise.”
Steel has a significant price advantage over
aluminum, selling at about one-seventh the cost.
Official Tempers Expectations about
Chinese Steel Production
A representative of China’s steel industry is
downplaying big predictions of steel production.
Some Chinese mining companies had recently
forecast that steel production in that country
would soon exceed 1 billion tons a year, but the
One of the letter’s signers, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, deputy secretary-general of the China Iron and
D-Minn., testified at a Sept. 15 ITC hearing on Steel Association said that the nation is nearing
the matter to “speak about the economic impact its production capacity, and that number is a
of foreign dumping and subsidization of rebar little high.
production on my state and the really, really “Over the next 10 years, according to our studies,
major importance of enforcing our laws against China’s steel production can be over 800 million
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Steel Shorts (continued from page 8)
tons for a long time, but it cannot go over 900 trade regulators to impose duties on foreign
million tons,” Li Xinchuang said, adding, “Trust steel products that they say are being sold at
me, I’ve been in the business 30 years.”
below-fair value prices.
China has been producing steel at a record pace
recently. National leaders have been seeking
to rein in industrial overproduction as part of
an effort to remake the country’s economy, but
resistance from local leaders who are concerned
about job losses, combined with low prices for
iron ore and other raw materials, has driven
growth in steel production.
“You can’t overstate the urgency to tackle the
overcapacity problem now,” Li said in July.
AIIS Executive Director Richard Chriss said that
the article about Longhi demonstrates that “the
path to success lies not in assailing imports, but
in undertaking needed structural and related
corporate changes aimed at securing long-term
competitiveness.”
“This model represents an approach that
recognizes and responds to underlying
competitive challenges and doesn’t rely on
branding legitimate price competition from
imports as ‘unfair,’” Chriss said.
U.S. Steel CEO Looks to Remake Company
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The head of one of the nation’s leading steel
producers acknowledged in an interview with
Port of Corpus Christi - Port Corpus Christi is
The Wall Street Journal that, “The world changes,
the fifth largest port in the United States in total
and U.S. Steel has to adapt.”
tonnage. The Port provides a straight, 45’ deep
U.S. Steel President and CEO Mario Longhi, channel (approved and authorized for 52 ft.), and
who took the helm one year ago, discussed some quick access to the Gulf of Mexico and the entire
of the “over a thousand things” that have been United States inland waterway system. For more
implemented to restructure a company that has information, please see the General Port Brochure
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Some of those things include cutting $435 million (IKG) is one of the world’s leading manufacturers
in costs this year with plans to make similar cuts of high quality steel and aluminum bar grating,
in coming years, moving toward minimills, with several manufacturing plants located
partially tying CEO pay to company performance, throughout North America, and a Mexican
trimming the workforce, getting more feedback subsidiary, Electroforjados Nacionales, S.A. de
from employees – which has led to cost-saving C.V. (Irving). For more information, please see:
suggestions from the production line – and http://harscoikg.com/index.aspx. bringing outsourced work back in-house.
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super sacks, and bulk. We can cover the complete
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As steel imports have increased recently,
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Post-importation Claims for Preferential Treatment
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document implement a revised interpretation of judicial precedents and specify the limited means
by which post importation claims for preference can be made. They supersede any previously
published guidelines or practices.
Preferential tariff treatment is not necessary for most basic steel mill products, which are
unconditionally duty free. There are however a number of downstream products, and related
products which may be imported by steel traders, which may benefit from these programs. While
the most used program, the Generalized System of Preferences or GSP, remains suspended, many
other preference programs including free trade agreements continue in effect.
Preference claims are normally filed at the time of entry, so long as the importer knows the preference
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ACE.) All such claims must be filed prior to liquidation and within the applicable timeframes.
Filing using the wrong procedure will result in denial of the claim.
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