US issues final antidumping margins for wire rod imports from Mexico
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the final results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod imports from Mexico between October 1, 2022, and September 30, 2023. The US Department of Commerce has determined that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of the subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review. The DOC has calculated the... Read More
US issues preliminary results of antidumping review on wire rod from S. Korea’s POSCO
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has announced the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from South Korea between May 1, 2023, and April 30, 2024. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has preliminarily found that POSCO and POSCO International Corporation (PIC) (collectively, POSCO), sold subject merchandise in the US at prices below normal value during... 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
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
Trump announces 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports
US President Donald Trump has announced 25 percent tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum imports on Monday, February 10. Trump stated that the tariffs, which will apply to the products from trading partners with duty-free exemptions or tariff-rate quota deals, including Canada, Mexico, Australia, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, the EU, Japan and the UK, will be effective as of March 12, 2025. However, a White House official subsequently stated that... Read More