AISI Applauds Commerce Department Investigation into Foreign Imports of Transformers, Laminations and Cores

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thomas J. Gibson, president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), today applauded the announcement by the Department of Commerce (DOC) that the agency has initiated a Section 232 investigation into whether foreign imports of transformer laminations and cores, electrical transformers, and transformer regulators impair national security:

“Grain-oriented electrical steel is the essential component for electrical transformer laminations and cores and this investigation will be critical to ensuring our nation maintains a healthy and viable domestic electrical steel production capability. A reliable supply of electrical steel is necessary to maintain the nation’s power grid, which is key to our national security. Due to unfair foreign trade practices, AK Steel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and an AISI member, is the only remaining producer of electrical steel in the U.S. The steel industry thanks Secretary Ross and the members of Congress who are working to ensure that America’s power grid does not become solely dependent on dumped and subsidized foreign steel.”

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