For Vietnam, the DOC determined a net countervailable subsidy rate of 6.80 percent for Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company and 6.80 percent for all other Vietnamese exporters.

For Egypt, the DOC determined a net countervailable subsidy rate of 23.27 percent for the Ezz Group, comprising Al-Ezz Dekheila Steel Alexandria Company (SAE), Ezz Steel Company S.A.E., Ezz Rolling Mills Company (SAE), Al-Ezz Flat Steel Company (SAE), Contra Steel Co., and Al-Ezz Group Holding Company for Industry & Investment. The DOC also determined a rate of 23.27 percent for all other Egyptian exporters.

The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

The CVD orders are applicable as of September 18, 2026, the date of publication in the Federal Register.

The orders follow affirmative final determinations by the DOC and the US International Trade Commission (ITC), which determined that a US industry is materially injured by reason of dumped imports of rebar from the three countries.

For Bulgaria, the DOC determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 53.27 percent for Promet Steel JSC and all others.

For Egypt, the DOC determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 34.20 percent for the Ezz Steel group of companies and all others, and 52.73 percent for El Marakby Steel and Suez Steel Company, based on adverse facts available.

For Vietnam, the DOC determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 128.53 percent for the Hoa Phat group of companies, with a cash deposit rate of 123.49 percent after adjustment for export subsidy offsets, and a Vietnam-wide rate of 136.57 percent, based on adverse facts available.

The DOC determined a net countervailable subsidy rate of 6.80 percent for Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company and 6.80 percent for all other Vietnamese exporters.

The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

The CVD investigation was initiated on June 30, 2025, in response to a petition filed by the Rebar Trade Action Coalition. The final determination was published in the Federal Register on July 30, 2026. If the US International Trade Commission (ITC) issues an affirmative final injury determination, the DOC will issue a CVD order.

The net countervailable subsidy rate is 72.94 percent for Tosyali Iron Steel Industry Algeria SPA, the sole mandatory respondent, and 72.94 percent for all others. The rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences, as Tosyali did not participate in the investigation.

Because the US Trade Representative has determined that Algeria is not a Subsidies Agreement country, no material injury determination by the US International Trade Commission was required.

The ITC closed its investigation on May 18, 2026, and the DOC subsequently issued this order. The CVD order is applicable as of July 6, 2026, and was published in the Federal Register the same date.

The weighted-average dumping margins stand at

• 74.35-94.73 percent for Brazil,
• 4.06 percent for Indonesia,
• 20.11 percent for Mexico,
• 369.10 percent for Moldova
• 11.40 percent for Trinidad and Tobago,

while Brazil is also subject to 2.76-6.74 percent countervailing duty.

The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings

• 7213.91.3000,
• 7213.91.3010,
• 7213.91.3011,
• 7213.91.3015,
• 7213.91.3020,
• 7213.91.3090,
• 7213.91.3091,
• 7213.91.3092,
• 7213.91.3093,
• 7213.91.4500,
• 7213.91.4510,
• 7213.91.4590,
• 7213.91.6000,
• 7213.91.6010,
• 7213.91.6090,
• 7213.99.0030,
• 7213.99.0031,
• 7213.99.0038,
• 7213.99.0090,
• 7227.20.0000,
• 7227.20.0010,
• 7227.20.0020,
• 7227.20.0030,
• 7227.20.0080,
• 7227.20.0090,
• 7227.20.0095,
• 7227.90.6010,
• 7227.90.6020,
• 7227.90.6050,
• 7227.90.6051,
• 7227.90.6053,
• 7227.90.6058,
• 7227.90.6059,
• 7227.90.6080,
• 7227.90.6085

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

The investigations were initiated following the petitions filed by US-based law firm Wiley Rein LLP, alleging that the producers in the given countries are benefiting from government subsidies and selling reinforcing bars in the US at unfairly low prices.

The US International Trade Commission must reach a preliminary determination in the investigations within 45 days after the date on which the petitions were filed on June 4, 2025.

In the first two months this year, the US imported 57,206 mt, 78,644 mt, 26,466 mt and 35,200 mt of reinforcing bars from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam, respectively.

The products currently fall under the codes 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010.

The weighted-average dumping margins stand at

• 114.53 percent for Belarus,
• 133.00 percent for China,
• 60.46 percent and 71.01 percent for Indonesia,
• 16.99 percent for Latvia,
• 232.86 percent for Moldova,
• 47.13 percent and52.07 percent for Poland,
• 41.69 percent for Ukraine.

The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings 7214.20.00, 7228.20.8050, 7222.11.0050, 7222.30.0000, 7228.60.6000, and 7228.20.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

The tariff-rate quota volume specified in the 2021 agreement between the United States and the EU, totaling 3.3 million mt, remains consistent with the objective of reaching and maintaining a sufficient capacity utilization rate in the US domestic steel industry, Biden said.

The DOC found that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on the given product from the country would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of subsidies. The final subsidy rates are at 44.18 percent for Ferriera Valsider, and 4.16 percent for Ferriere Nord and all other Italian companies.

The subject merchandise is provided for in subheadings 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, and 7227.90.6035 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).

19:00 – 22:00                   Welcome cocktail at Swissôtel The Bosphorus

Day 2: Monday, September 18, 2023

09:15 – 09:30                  Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS

09:30 – 11:30                    SESSION ONE: Critical changes in the global long steel markets

- Keynote speech:

• Figures and comments from WTO report
• Illicit nature of EU’s decarbonization subsidies
• How protectionism has evolved
• Chinese steel industry’s restructuring and opening up to global markets
• New threat: Circumvention
• Turkish steel industry: Standstill period
• Threats from US

Ugur Dalbeler, CEO, Colakoglu Metalurji / Deputy Chairman, Turkish Steel Exporters’ Association / The Board Member, World Steel Association

- Long products market outlook

• Overview of global construction sector
• Steel and long products consumption
• Rebar markets
• International price situation

Alexander Gordienko, Export Director, Celsa Group 

- GCC market outlook

• The announced projects in KSA – when will they start and how it will change the market
• Exports from GCC
• Overall potential longs demand supply balance in GCC

Sunil Kumar, Chief Marketing Officer, Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel

- Chinese steel market outlook

• Expectations in Chinese steel market

Huseyin Ocakci, Assistant General Manager, CIEC

11:30 – 11:50                     Networking break

11:50 – 12:45                     SESSION TWO: World economy in short, medium and long run

- Keynote Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ozgur Demirtas, Chair Professor of Finance, Sabanci University

12:45 – 14:30                    Networking lunch

14:30 – 16:30                    IREPAS Committee Meetings

• 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Producers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee (by invitation only)
• 14:30 – 16:30 IREPAS Traders Committee (open to all attendees)

19:00 – 24:00                  Gala dinner at Divan Kuruçeşme

Day 3: Tuesday, September 19, 2023

10:00 – 11:30                   SESSION THREE – Panel with Committee Chairmen

• IREPAS Producers Committee
• IREPAS Raw Material Suppliers Committee
• IREPAS Traders Committee