The final dumping margins in the AD investigation are:

I. Three “separate rate” companies: 106.19%.

• Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.;
• Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd.;
• Rizhao Steel Wire Co., Ltd.

II. China-wide rate (i.e., all other Chinese producers and exporters) – 110.25%.

In the case of imports from “separate rate” company Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd., the producer of the wire rod exported by Jiangsu Shagang must be one of the following six mills to qualify for the 106.19% dumping margin:

1. Zhangjiagang Shajing Steel Co. Ltd.;
2. Zhangjiagang Runzhong Steel Co., Ltd.;
3. Zhangjiagang Hongxing Gaoxian Co., Ltd.;
4. Zhangjiagang Rongsheng Steel-Making Co., Ltd.;
5. Jiangsu Runzhong High-Tech Co., Ltd.; o
6. Zhangjiagang Hongchang Gaoxian Co., Ltd.

The China-wide rate of 110.25% covers, among others, Benxi Beiying Iron and Steel Group Imp. and Exp. Corp. Ltd. and the Benxi group of companies; Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co. Ltd.; Angang Group International Trade Corporation; Qingdao Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Yonggang Group Co. Ltd.: and Baotou Steel International Economic & Trading Co., Ltd.

The final subsidy margins in the CVD investigation are:

• Benxi Steel, which includes 15 affiliated companies – 193.31%
• Hebei Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Tangshan Branch – 178.46%
• All other Chinese producers and exporters – 185.89%

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) made a negative final determination of critical circumstances with respect to both the AD and the CVD investigations, so critical circumstances do not apply to either order.

The US DOC determined that imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China have been sold in the United States at dumping margins ranging from 106.19 percent to 110.25 percent. Additionally, producers/exporters of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China have received countervailable subsidies ranging from 178.46 percent to 193.31 percent, according to the US DOC.

In the antidumping investigation, mandatory respondents Benxi Iron and Steel Group Imp. and Exp. Corp. Ltd. and Tangshan Iron and Steel Group Co. Ltd. failed to respond to the US DOC’s requests for information and were deemed to be part of the China-wide entity. Accordingly, they received a final dumping margin of 110.25 percent. Separate rate applicants Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. (Hunan Valin), Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd. (Shagang), and Rizhao Steel Wire Co., Ltd. (Rizhao) each received a final dumping margin of 106.19 percent. All other producers/exporters in China received the China-wide margin of 110.25 percent.

In the countervailing duty investigation, mandatory respondent Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel Group Import & Export Corp., Benxi Beiying Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd., and 13 affiliates (collectively Benxi Steel) received a final subsidy rate of 193.31 percent. Mandatory respondent Hebei Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. Tangshan Branch (Hebei Iron & Steel) received a final subsidy rate of 178.46 percent. All other producers/exporters in China were assigned a final subsidy rate of 185.89 percent.

For the final determinations, the US DOC determined that critical circumstances exist with respect to imports of the subject merchandise from all exporters except Hunan Valin, Shagang, and Rizhao in the AD investigation, and from all exporters in the countervailing duty investigation.

The petitioners for these investigations were ArcelorMittal USA LLC, Charter Steel, Evraz Pueblo, Gerdau Long Steel North America, Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc., and Nucor Corporation.

The ITC is scheduled to make its final injury determination on or before December 26, 2014.