75th IREPAS meeting will be held in Vienna
The 75th IREPAS meeting will be held on September 25th to 27th, 2016 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with the SteelOrbis Fall 16′ Conference. Details will be announced later. Read More
Uli Leuchtmann replaces Lutz Karpowitz as speaker at the 74th IREPAS meeting
Unfortunately Mr Lutz Karpowitz will not be able to make the trip to Lisbon due to illness. His colleague Mr Uli Leuchtmann (Head of EM&FX Research) will be replacing him in the programme of the 74th IREPAS meeting. Read More
EEC imposes antidumping duty on rebar imports from Ukraine
The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the executive body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) which includes Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Armenia, has announced that it has decided to impose antidumping duty on rebar imports from Ukraine. The investigation was launched in November 2013. The duty rates are announced as follows: Enakievskiy Steel Mill ... Read More
Ukraine hikes scrap export tax for three years
The Ukrainian parliament has announced that it has approved a law to increase the export tax on scrap, including stainless scrap, from €10/mt to €35/mt for three years. Meanwhile, as of March 23, 250 exporters applied to Ukraine’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade for scrap export licenses for a total of 3.8 million mt, while only 152 exporters were permitted to export... Read More
EU starts antidumping investigation for rebar imports from Belarus
The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has started an antidumping investigation for certain concrete reinforcement bar and rod imports from Belarus upon a complaint received from the European Steel Association (EUROFER) alleging that the mentioned imports are being dumped and are thereby causing material injury to the EU industry. The investigation will cover the period... Read More
The programme of the 74th IREPAS meeting
April 10th, Sunday 19:00 – 22:00 Welcome Cocktail at the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa April 11th, Monday 09:00 – 09:30 Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS 09:30 – 11:00 SESSION ONE - Global steel market outlook Eric Louvert - BNP Paribas, Senior Advisor... Read More
US DOC recalculated antidumping margin on rebar imports from Turkey
The US Department of Commerce has recalculated the antidumping duty on reinforcing bar imports from Turkey, as per sources. The US DOC had calculated the antidumping duty rate for reinforcing bar imports from Turkey as zero percent in its final decision made on September 9, 2014. However, the US industry appealed the DOC’s final determination to the US Court of International Trade... Read More
Thailand imposes antidumping duties on low-carbon wire rod imports from China
Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade has announced that it has decided to impose antidumping duty on low-carbon wire rod imports from China for a period of five years. The antidumping duty rates range from 12.81 percent to 31.15 percent for goods falling under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7213.9120.000, 7213.9190.010, 7213.9190.011, 7213.9190.012, 7213.9190.013,... Read More
Short Range Outlook : March 2016
Improved conditions finally observed in global long steel market Conditions in the global long steel market is better as demand is steady or has edged up. Good news on demand side The long steel products market had recently fallen to price levels that made no economic sense and doing business had become questionable. The steel world dropped off into a senseless across-the-board... Read More
Australia initiates CVD investigation for wire rod imports from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation regarding imports of wire rod from China. The application lodged by Australian wire rod producer OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd claims that the goods in question exported to Australia have been in receipt of countervailable subsidies from China and that the subsidization... Read More