The Dominican Republic’s commission of trade defense, CDC, has announced that it has started an antidumping duty investigation on reinforcing bar imports from Costa Rica.

The investigation was initiated following a petition lodged by the local steelmaker Gerdau Metaldom.

The products subject to investigation currently fall under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7214.10.00, 7214.20.00, 7214.30.00, 7214.91.00 and 7214.99.00.