Preliminary result of countervailing duty review on rebar from Turkey to the US
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the affirmative preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on reinforcing bars imported from Turkey. Accordingly, the DOC has preliminarily determined that; Kaptan Demir Celik, Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S., and Colakoglu Metalürji A.S. received a countervailable subsidy rate at 2.55 percent, while Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. received... Read More
US DOC issues preliminary review results for reinforcing bars from Turkey
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey. During the review period from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, Turkish rebar producers were found to have made sales of rebar at less than normal value. Accordingly, the DOC has calculated the following weighted-average dumping margins: Icdas ... Read More
US revises dumping margins on imports of Turkish origin rebar
The US Department of Commerce has announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty against rebar imports from Turkey. Accordingly, the dumping margins for Turkish exporters ICDAS, Kaptan, Colakoglu and HABAS have been revised to zero. The review covered the period between March 7, 2017 and June 30, 2018. The cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 7.26 percent Read More
IREPAS in Istanbul: All eyes on protectionist measures as IREPAS celebrates its 35th anniversary with record attendance
The 79th meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on September 16-18, 2018. There were 139 producer representatives among the record 519 registered delegates from a total of 52 different countries. There were also 84 registrations representing 45 different raw material suppliers. At the opening of the conference which celebrated the 35th year of this bi-annual meeting, Murat Cebecioglu,... Read More
US amends final AD/CVD decision on wire rod imports from Turkey, Spain
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced that, with respect to its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the UK and countervailing duty investigations of the same imports from Italy and Turkey, to correct ministerial errors, it has amended the final antidumping duty rates for Turkey and Spain and the countervailing duty rates... Read More
Canada concludes reinvestigation of rebar imports from certain countries
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has concluded a reinvestigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting rebar originating in or exported from China, South Korea, Turkey, Belarus, Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Japan, Portugal and Spain, and the amounts of subsidy of certain rebar originating in or exported from China. Accordingly, the CBSA stated that specific normal values... Read More
US DOC announced final decision on CVD review for Turkish rebar
The US Department of Commerce has announced final results of the administrative review on the countervailing duties (CVD) on Turkish rebar imports which were imposed in September 2014. The review covered the period between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. Colakoğlu Metalurji and Icdas did not receive countervailable subsidies during the period of review, while the review for Agir Haddecilik and Habas was terminated as there were no entries... Read More
US DOC issues final AD/CVD decisions for wire rod imports from five countries
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy, South Korea, Spain, Turkey and the UK and countervailing duty investigations of the same imports from Italy and Turkey. Antidumping duty rates are as follows: Italy Ferriere Nord S.p.A. : 12.41% Ferriera Valsider S.p.A. ... Read More
US DOC announces preliminary antidumping margins against wire rod imports
The US International Trade Commission (US ITC) has announced that it has imposed preliminary antidumping duty on imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy, South Korea, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom. The US Department of Commerce is scheduled to announce its final determinations on or about January 8, 2018, while the ITC is scheduled to make its final injury determinations in February 22, 2018. The products... Read More
US DOC issues affirmative preliminary CVD rates for wire rod from Italy and Turkey
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of carbon and alloy steel wire rod, finding that exporters of subject merchandise from Italy and Turkey received countervailable subsidies. The petitioners are Gerdau Ameristeel US, Inc., Nucor, Keystone Consolidated Industries, and Charter Steel. In the Italy CVD investigation, the US DOC calculated the following... Read More