IREPAS in Lisbon: Exciting times finally here after depressing period
The 74th meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Lisbon, Portugal on April 10-12, 2016. There were 70 producer representatives among the 261 registered delegates from 35 different countries. There were also 35 registrations representing 25 different raw material suppliers. At the opening of the SteelOrbis 2016 Spring Conference & 74th IREPAS Meeting held in Lisbon on April 10-12, Kim Marti, the international... Read More
Thailand imposes antidumping duties on low-carbon wire rod imports from China
Thailand’s Department of Foreign Trade has announced that it has decided to impose antidumping duty on low-carbon wire rod imports from China for a period of five years. The antidumping duty rates range from 12.81 percent to 31.15 percent for goods falling under Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers 7213.9120.000, 7213.9190.010, 7213.9190.011, 7213.9190.012, 7213.9190.013, 7213.9190.033, 7213.9190.034, 7213.9190.035, 7213.9190.090, 7213.9920.000,... Read More
Short Range Outlook : March 2016
Improved conditions finally observed in global long steel market Conditions in the global long steel market is better as demand is steady or has edged up. Good news on demand side The long steel products market had recently fallen to price levels that made no economic sense and doing business had become questionable. The steel world dropped off into a senseless across-the-board price erosion from October 2015 until mid-February 2016. However, there... Read More
Australia initiates CVD investigation for wire rod imports from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation regarding imports of wire rod from China. The application lodged by Australian wire rod producer OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd claims that the goods in question exported to Australia have been in receipt of countervailable subsidies from China and that the subsidization has caused material injury to the Australian industry through price... Read More
Colombia extended existing antidumping duties on imports of wire rod from China
Colombia’s ministry of commerce, industry and tourism, MINCIT, has extended existing provisional antidumping duties on the imports of wire rod from China, it said. According to MINCIT, the levies were extended for two more months, and correspond to the “difference between base FOB $541.06/mt price and the FOB price declared for the imported product, always and whenever the last is cheaper than the base price.” The provisional antidumping duties... Read More
Australia imposes preliminary antidumping duty on wire rod imports from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has imposed a preliminary antidumping duty against Chinese wire rod imports. Accordingly, the preliminary dumping duty rates are as follows: Hunan Valin Xiangtang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd – 32.1 percent, Jiangsu Shangang Group Co., Ltd – 28.2 percent, Uncooperative and all other exporters from China – 53.9 percent The duty investigation was launched on August 12, 2015,... Read More
Australia revises preliminary antidumping duty rates on imports of rebar from China
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has revised its preliminary antidumping duty rates for reinforcing bar imports from China. The revised duty rates are as follows: Shandong Shiheng Special Steel Group : 9.3 percent Shandong Iron and Steel Company Limited, Laiwu Company : 5.8 percent Jiangsu Yonggang Group Co. Ltd. : 13.5 percent Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd : 11.3 percent Uncooperative and all other exporters... Read More
Short Range Outlook : February 2016
Slightly better conditions in global long steel market but significant risk still exists Conditions in the global long steel products market are slightly better as we can see a “better” supply and demand balance in China and the US due to output cuts at the end of 2015 and amid the restocking cycle in North America and Europe during the first quarter of 2016. On the other hand, there has not been much improvement on the demand side. Buyers... Read More
EUROFER not happy with the provisional antidumping duty on Chinese HFP rebar imports
The European Steel Association (EUROFER) has stated that it welcomes the European Commission’s imposition of provisional antidumping measures on imports of Chinese origin high fatigue performance (HFP) rebar, but also questions their effectiveness in actually deterring wider Chinese dumping. According to EUROFER, the provisional measures, as low as nine percent, cannot remedy the massive injury caused by Chinese HFP rebar import surges, which have... Read More
Provisional antidumping duty imposed on HFP rebar imports from China to the EU
The European Commission has announced that it has decided to impose provisional antidumping duty on high fatigue performance (HFP) rebar imports from China for a period of six months. The investigation was launched on April 30, 2015 as a result of an application by EUROFER, alleging that imports of HFP rebar from China have increased in absolute terms and in terms of market share. The investigation covers the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31,... Read More