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Canada concludes reinvestigation of rebar imports from certain countries

Irepas — Wed, 16 May 2018 06:48:18 +0000

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has concluded a reinvestigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting rebar originating in or exported from China, South Korea, Turkey, Belarus, Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Japan, Portugal and Spain, and the amounts of subsidy of certain rebar originating in or exported from China.

Accordingly, the CBSA stated that specific normal values for future shipments of certain rebar have been determined for all exporters, including Turkey-based Colakoglu Metalurji A.S., İçdas Çelik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim A.S., Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. ve Kroman Çelik Sanayii A.S., that submitted a complete response to the requests for information effective May 4. For all other exporters of subject goods originating in or exported from China, South Korea and Turkey including Habas and Diler Holding), normal values will be determined by ministerial specification, which are calculated by advancing the export price of the goods by 41 percent.

Meanwhile, specific normal values for future shipments of certain rebar have been determined for Belarus-based OJSC Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ), Taiwan-based Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corporation, Portugal-based Metalurgica Galaica, S.A. and Spain-based Celsa Atlantic, S.L. and Nervacero, S.A. effective May 4. For all other exporters of subject goods originating in or exported from Belarus, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Portugal and Spain, normal values will be determined by ministerial specification, which are calculated by advancing the export price of the goods by 108.5 percent.
In addition, the CBSA stated that nor any exporters/manufacturers in China provided a response to the subsidy requests for information, an amount of subsidy for all exporters of goods originating in or exported from China will be determined by ministerial specification and is equal to RMB 469/mt.

The products in question currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7213.10.00.00, 7214.20.00.00, 7215.90.00.90 and 7227.90.00.90.

EU imposes definitive antidumping duty on rebar imports from Belarus

Irepas — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:17:34 +0000

The European Commission (EC) has announced that it has decided to impose definitive antidumping (AD) duty on imports of certain concrete reinforcing bar and rod imports from Belarus. Accordingly, the commission has calculated a definitive antidumping duty rate of 10.6 percent for Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) and all other producers in the country.

In December last year, the commission imposed a provisional antidumping (AD) duty of 12.5 percent for Byelorussian Steel Works (BMZ) and all other Byelorussian producers.

The investigation was launched on March 31 last year upon the complaint from the European Steel Association (EUROFER), alleging that these imports from Belarus are being dumped and are thereby causing material injury to the EU industry.

The products in question currently fall within CN codes ex 7214 10 00, ex 7214 20 00, ex 7214 30 00, ex 7214 91 10, ex 7214 91 90, ex 7214 99 10, ex 7214 99 71, ex 7214 99 79 and ex 7214 99 95.

Preliminary antidumping decision for rebar imports into Canada

Irepas — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:41:48 +0000

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced its preliminary results concerning its antidumping duty investigation regarding certain concrete reinforcing bar originating or exported from Belarus, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal and Spain.

Accordingly, the CBSA calculated preliminary antidumping duties ranging from one percent to 109.2 percent for the six locations. Provisional duties are now payable on the subject goods that are released from customs on or after January 3, 2017. The investigation was launched in August 2016 upon a complaint received from local producers AltaSteel Ltd, ArcelorMittal Long Products Canada and Gerdeau Longsteel North America.

The preliminary dumping margins announced per producer/exporter are as follows:

Byelorussian Steel Works (Belarus) 19.8%
Feng Hsin Steel Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 1.0%
Lo-Toun Steel & Iron Works Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 9.9%
Power Steel Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 109.2%
Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp. (Taiwan) 0%
Shiu Wing Steel Limited (Hong Kong) 53.3%
Marubeni-Itochu Steel Inc. (Japan) 109.2%
Metalurgica Galaica, S.A. (Portugal) 2.2%
Celsa Atlantic, S.L. (Spain) 15.8%
Nervacero S.A. (Spain) 32.5%
All Other Exporters (Spain) 109.2%