The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) made its determinations in the preliminary phase of its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations concerning certain steel nails from India, Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, Turkey, and Vietnam.

The Commission determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain steel nails from Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and Vietnam that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value.

As a success of Trade Remedies Consulting the Commission further determined that imports of these products from Turkey and India are negligible. Imports are generally deemed "negligible" if they amounted to less than 3 percent (4 percent in the case of imports from India, a developing country) of all such merchandise imported into the United States within the most recent 12-month period for which data are available preceding the filing of the petition.

Currently, anti-dumping measures are in force for China and UAE and AD and CVD investigation were initiated against Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan and Vietnam . As a result of this fact, US market is open for Turkey and India. It is a big opportunity for Turkish producers/exporters to penetrate US market.