Australia extends antidumping duty investigation on rod in coil from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has extended the due date to publish the final results of the antidumping (AD) investigation on imports of rod in coil from China launched in May this year. The extension was made to allow time for the commission to gather and analyze further information. The final report for the investigation, which covers the period between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, will be published on February... Read More
Australia extends antidumping duty investigation on rebar imports from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has extended the due date to publish the final results of the antidumping (AD) investigation on imports of reinforcing bar from China launched in May this year. The extension is based on the delays completing verification of relevant data. Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has extended the due date to publish the final results of the antidumping (AD) investigation... 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
Short Range Outlook : July 2025
Uncertainty spikes further in global longs market due to 50 percent tariffs in US The business environment in the global long steel products market, particularly in terms of the demand and supply balance, has not improved meaningfully. Other than that, the situation has worsened as the Trump Administration’s increase of US import duties up to 50 percent caught many exporters off guard. The uncertainty created by the Trump administration by doubling... Read More
Short Range Outlook : June 2025
Competition becomes predatory in oversupplied global long steel market The global long steel products market is oversupplied and overcrowded. The situation has worsened and is now structural. The competition in the global market is predatory. Margins are dead. The only strategy is cashflow and turnover. Whoever can ship first, wins. Whoever negotiates for $5/mt more, loses the order. Every confirmed business is a major success. Moreover, without... 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
Australia initiates antidumping expiry review on imports of rod in coil from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated an expiry review regarding antidumping measures on rod in coil imports from China, which are due to expire on April 22, 2026. The review, which was launched upon the application made by local producer InfraBuild, covers the period between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. The current antidumping measures, which were initially imposed in April 2016, stand at 33.1 percent for all... 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