US assigns final CVD orders on rebar imports from Vietnam and Egypt
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued countervailing duty (CVD) orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) imports from Vietnam and Egypt, following the DOC’s affirmative final determinations published on July 30, 2026 that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of subject merchandise, and the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC) September 11, 2026 affirmative final determinations that... Read More
US issues antidumping orders on rebar imports from Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued antidumping duty (AD) orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) imports from Bulgaria, Egypt, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam). The orders follow affirmative final determinations by the DOC and the US International Trade Commission (ITC), which determined that a US industry is materially injured by reason of dumped imports of rebar from the three countries. For Bulgaria, the DOC... Read More
US issues final CVD determination on rebar imports from Vietnam
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a final affirmative determination in its countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Vietnam, determining that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of rebar from Vietnam during the period of investigation between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. The DOC determined a net countervailable subsidy rate of 6.80 percent for... Read More
US issues CVD order on rebar imports from Algeria
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued a countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria, following the affirmative final determination published on March 27, 2026 that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of subject merchandise. The net countervailable subsidy rate is 72.94 percent for Tosyali Iron Steel Industry Algeria SPA, the sole mandatory respondent, and 72.94... Read More
US ITC votes to maintain duties on wire rod imports from five countries
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on wire rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, and Trinidad and Tobago or the countervailing duty order on wire rod from Brazil would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result of the ITC’s affirmative determination, the existing order on imports of this product... 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
US ITC votes to maintain antidumping duty order on rebar imports from seven countries
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on rebar from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result of the ITC’s affirmative determination, the existing order on imports of this product from these countries will remain in place. The weighted-average... Read More
US extends steel TRQs for EU for another two years
The US has determined that specified volumes of steel product imports from the European Union will no longer threaten to impair national security, according to a statement by US President Joe Biden. Therefore, the tariff-rate quotas (TRQs) for steel and aluminum imports allocated to the EU have been extended for another two years until December 31, 2025. The tariff-rate quota volume specified in the 2021 agreement between the United States and the... Read More
US to continue CVD orders on wire rod from Italy
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of the sunset review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Italy. The DOC found that revocation of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on the given product from the country would be likely to lead to a continuation or recurrence of subsidies. The final subsidy rates are at 44.18 percent for Ferriera Valsider, and 4.16 percent for Ferriere Nord... Read More
The program of the 89th meeting in Istanbul
Day 1: Sunday, September 17, 2023 19:00 – 22:00 Welcome cocktail at Swissôtel The Bosphorus Day 2: Monday, September 18, 2023 09:15 – 09:30 Welcome address by Chairman of IREPAS 09:30 – 11:30 SESSION ONE: Critical changes in the global long steel markets - Keynote speech: Figures and comments from WTO report Illicit... Read More