US DOC revises Mexican rebar duties in final administrative review
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced today the final results of an administrative review of antidumping duties against two Mexican producers of reinforcing bar, Deacero and Grupo Simec. The period of review was April 24, 2014, through October 31, 2015. According to the ruling, the weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: Deacero - 0.56 percent (previously 20.58 percent) Grupo Simec - 0.00 percent (previously 66.7 percent) The... Read More
Australia starts antidumping duty probe for rod in coils from Indonesia, S. Korea and Vietnam
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated an antidumping duty investigation regarding imports of rod in coils from Indonesia, South Korea and Vietnam. The application lodged by Australian steelmaker OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd claims that the goods in question have been exported to Australia at prices less than their normal value and that the dumping has caused material injury to the Australian industry through price... Read More
Egypt announced temporary antidumping duties on rebar imports from Turkey, Ukraine, and China
Egypt’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced the results of its antidumping duty investigation regarding imports of reinforcing bar from Turkey, Ukraine and China. Accordingly, for a period of four months, the ministry has calculated antidumping duties ranging between 10 percent and 19 percent for Turkey, between 15 percent and 27 percent for Ukraine and standing at 17 percent for China. The ministry has also suspended the imposition of... Read More
Short Range Outlook : June 2017
Exporting countries under pressure amid protectionism and increased capacities in traditional import markets The supply-demand balance in the global long steel products market has been worsening over the last few weeks. Protective actions such as antidumping and countervailing duty (CVD) cases and import taxes, coupled with increasing capacities in some traditional import markets, have put export-dependent countries in a difficult situation. Protective... Read More
Australia initiated antidumping review on imports of rebar from China’s Shagang and Valin
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a review regarding the antidumping (AD) order on imports of rebar from Chinese companies Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. and Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. to examine whether the variable factors relevant to the taking of the antidumping measures have changed. The review launched upon the application lodged by Jiangsu Shagang and Hunan Valin covers the period... Read More
Final margins issued on wire imports from Mexico to the US
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has released its final results in the administrative review of the antidumping order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico. The review covered two Mexican producers/exporters, ArcelorMittal Las Truchas and Deacero, during the period from October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015. The US DOC assigned a final dumping margin of 40.52 percent to Deacero, based on adverse facts available (AFA) because... Read More
Australia initiates antidumping review on wire rod imports from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a review regarding the antidumping order on imports of wire rod in coil from the below Chinese companies to examine whether the variable factors relevant to the taking of the antidumping measures have changed. Jiangsu Shagang Group Co., Ltd. Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. The review launched upon the application lodged by both above companies covers the... Read More
US DOC issues final AD/CVD margins for rebar from Turkey and Japan
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced its final determinations in the antidumping (AD) duty investigation of rebar imports from Japan and Turkey and also its final determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of rebar from Turkey. Accordingly, the US DOC has calculated final dumping margins ranging from 5.39 percent and 209.46 percent for the two countries in question. Meanwhile, the final subsidy margin for... Read More
US ITC votes to continue investigation into wire rod imports from 10 countries
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a US industry is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Italy, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by... Read More
Chile sets definite antidumping duties on wire rod imports from China
The Chilean government has applied definite, ad-valorem anti-dumping duties over the imports of Chinese wire rod. The Chilean government accepted the recommendation of the country’s price distortion commission, CNDP, and has decided to apply definite duties ranging from 28.8 to 38.0 percent over the imports of Chinese origin wire rod. The duties were effective as of April 22, 2017, and will last for one year. According to the Chilean government,... Read More