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 in Metals and Mining Cost competitiveness in a low raw materials and energy prices environment Chinese... 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 (CIT). Accordingly, the DOC has amended the dumping margin for reinforcing bars from Turkey from... 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, 7213.9190.033, 7213.9190.034, 7213.9190.035, 7213.9190.090, 7213.9920.000, 7213.9990.000 and 7227.9000.015.  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 price erosion from October 2015 until mid-February 2016. However, there are now a few factors that have... Read More