Short Range Outlook : April 2024
Global longs market under pressure from weak demand and China’s aggressive exports Demand in the global long steel products market continues to lag behind supply and the situation is getting worse because of China’s aggressive export policy. At the beginning of 2024, China accelerated its exports. Based on the data for the first two months of 2024, they are poised to exceed their record exports seen in 2015. Chinese steel producers seem to be... Read More
US issues final results of antidumping review on wire rods imported from Mexico
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico for the period between October 1, 2021, and September 30, 2022. Accordingly, the US DOC has determined that Mexican producers’ sales of the subject goods were made below normal value during the period of review. The DOC has determined weighted-average dumping margins... Read More
US to continue antidumping orders on rebar from seven countries
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of the sunset reviews of the antidumping duty (AD) orders on rebar from Belarus, China, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine. The DOC found that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on the given product from the given seven countries would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The DOC has determined weighted-average dumping margin of up to 114.53... Read More
Short Range Outlook : February 2024
Some decisive positive developments still awaited in global longs market It seems like everybody in the global long steel products is waiting for some really positive developments to materialize. However, unfortunately, there is no substantive positive news coming out of China. Nevertheless, the country is driving iron ore prices and coal prices, while many long product mills are working to keep margins between scrap and finished products on the... 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 issues final results of antidumping review on rebar imports from Turkey
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping (AD) duty order on rebar from Turkey for the period between July 1, 2021, and June 30, 2022. Accordingly, the US DOC has determined that Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S., Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret ve Nakliyat A.S. and certain other producers’ sales of the subject goods were made below normal value during the period of review.... Read More
US issues preliminary CVD review results on rebar from Turkey
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of its administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on rebar from Turkey. Accordingly, the DOC has preliminarily determined that Turkish suppliers Kaptan Demir Celik and Colakoglu Metalurji received countervailable subsidy rates at 5.54 percent and 0.03 percent (de minimis) respectively for the period from January 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021. The DOC stated... Read More
Short Range Outlook : December 2023
Global longs producers face various cost increases amid insufficient demand There has been some increase in demand-driven purchases in the global long steel products market but the question is whether consumption will continue to follow. We are in the holiday season and therefore not much demand is expected for the rest of the year. The winter season will also push up energy prices and, overall, mills will face cost increases. EAF-based steel mills’... Read More
Short Range Outlook : November 2023
No supply-demand improvement in global longs market, regionalization prevails The supply and demand situation in the global long steel products market is not getting any better, which continues to put pressure on producers. The increasing political influence on trade flows and particular markets in the form of antidumping and/or countervailing duties including also supply chain restrictions are leading to a more and more regionalized trade with a... Read More
US DOC rescinds review of countervailing duty order on rebar from Turkey’s Habas
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced that it has rescinded the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkish mill Habas for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. The DOC stated that no shipment of the subject product was imported from the mentioned Turkish mill during the period. Read More