US assigns preliminary antidumping margin of 18.87% on rebar imports from Turkey’s Colakoglu
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty orders on rebar from Turkey. During the review period from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. and Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. were found to have made sales of the given products at less than normal value. The DOC has determined a weighted-average dumping margin of 18.87 percent for the companies. In addition,... Read More
Canada initiates expiry reviews of antidumping duty on rebar imports from three countries
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has initiated an expiry review of the antidumping (AD) duty on reinforcing bar imports from China, South Korea and Turkey and an expiry review of the countervailing duty (CVD) on the given product from China. The CBSA will make a determination no later than December 19, 2025, and will issue a statement of reasons by January 2, 2026, on whether the expiry of the order is likely to result... Read More
US DOC initiates antidumping/countervailing duty investigations on rebar from four countries
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it has initiated two investigations on rebar from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam. The antidumping investigation on reinforcing bars from Algeria, Bulgaria and Egypt covers the period between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, while the period for Vietnam is between October 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. Meanwhile, the countervailing duty investigation on the given products from the four countries... Read More
Australia initiates antidumping review investigation on rebar from Baowu Group Echeng
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced the initiation of a review of the antidumping measures on imports of reinforcing bar with a diameter of 50 millimeters or less from the Chinese exporter Baowu Group Echeng. The review will examine whether the variable factors relevant to the imposition of the antidumping measures should be varied. The investigation was launched at the exporter’s request and covers the period between April 1, 2024,... Read More
The 93rd IREPAS meeting will be held in Munich, Germany
The 93rd IREPAS meeting will be held on September 28-30, 2025 in Munich, Germany in conjunction with the SteelOrbis Fall’25 Conference. Details will be announced later. Read More
IREPAS in Athens : Markets in unknown territory
The 92nd meeting of IREPAS (the International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Athens on April 27-29 in conjunction with the SteelOrbis Spring’25 Conference. There were 143 representatives from 49 different producers among the 502 registered delegates from a total of 58 different countries. There were also 97 registrations representing 50 different raw material suppliers. At the opening of the conference, Murat Cebecioglu,... Read More
The program of the 92nd meeting in Athens
Day 1: Sunday, April 27, 2025 19:00 – 22:00 Welcome cocktail at Athenaeum InterContinental Athens Hotel Day 2: Monday, April 28, 2025 09:15 – 09:30 Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS 09:30 – 10:50 SESSION ONE – Critical changes in the global long steel markets and macroeconomic overview -... Read More
Short Range Outlook : March 2025
Global longs market overwhelmed by spiral of trade measures, everybody afraid to do business amid current unpredictability The global long steel products market is currently overwhelmed by a spiral of duties and trade measures – protectionism such as has never been experienced before. The scenario for global the long steel trade is being re-written now by governments. Tariff barriers are being erected all over the world. No one seems to know... Read More
Trump administration backs down on 50 percent tariffs for Canada following Canadian concessions on power price hikes
Following earlier reports that the Trump administration would impose doubled 50 percent tariffs on Canadian exports of steel and aluminum in reaction to an earlier decision by the Canadian government to impose 25 percent increases in electricity prices to Michigan, Minnesota and New York, administration officials said later today that US will drop the additional tariffs against Canada, defaulting to the original 25 percent tax on metals scheduled... Read More
EU lowers import quota volumes, introduces new quota caps
The European Commission has announced the findings of its functioning review of the safeguard measure on imports of certain steel products initiated on December 17, 2024, and has made adjustments to the measures. The commission has decreased the tariff-rate quota volumes for some products by lowering the liberalization rate to 0.1 percent from the current one percent to ensure the effectiveness of the measure. The EU’s safeguard measures will still... Read More