Dominican Republic starts antidumping probe on rebar imports from Costa Rica
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. Read More
Australia initiates antidumping review on rebar imports from S. Korea and Taiwan
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a review of the antidumping measures applying to certain reinforcing bars exported to Australia from South Korea and Taiwan (with the exception of Power Steel Co. Ltd). This review is limited to examining whether the variable factors, relevant to the taking of the antidumping measures, should be varied. The review launched upon the applications lodged by Australia-based DITH... Read More
Retroactive antidumping duties on rebar imports to Canada from Turkey
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced on July 24th, retroactive assessments of anti-dumping duty on importations of steel reinforcing bars from Turkey under the Special Import Measures Act (SIMA). On July 18, 2018, the CBSA issued assessments of anti-dumping duty against two importations of steel reinforcing bar from Turkey that arrived in Canada in 2017. The total amount of anti-dumping duty retroactively assessed by the CBSA was over... Read More
EU imposes provisional safeguard measures on 23 steel product categories
The European Commission has announced that it has decided to impose provisional safeguard measures on 23 steel product categories, including reinforcing bars, hot rolled products and steel pipes, in the form of a 25 percent out-of-quota tariff. The provisional measures will be applied for 200 calendar days beginning from July 19. The commission has preliminarily decided that the EU steel industry is in a situation of threat of serious injury for the... Read More
Ukraine starts antidumping investigation on certain steel bar imports from Moldova and Belarus
The Ukrainian Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade has announced that Ukraine’s Ministry of Economic Development and Trade has started an antidumping duty investigation on certain carbon and alloy steel bar imports from Moldova and Belarus. The investigation was launched following the application lodged by local steel producer ArcelorMittal Kryviy Rih. The investigation period covers the period from January 2013 to September 2017. Read More
Short Range Outlook : July 2018
Global long steel products market impacted more and more by protectionism, though demand performs well The global long steel products market is feeling the effects of protectionism more and more every day. Canada has started another investigation on imports, the third within a period of only 12 months. The EU is expected to announce quotas based on the average import volumes of the preceding three years, as a result of its safeguard investigation.... Read More
Short Range Outlook : June 2018
Global long steel market to see some stability in short term after Section 232 decision The global long steel products market is expected to see some stability in the short term after the US imposed tariffs on steel imports from June 1 on the European Union, Canada and México, which were all exempted from the tariffs during May. The Section 232 measures are now the same for the EU, Turkey, Canada and México, but the uncertainty in the market has... Read More
Canada concludes reinvestigation of rebar imports from certain countries
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has concluded a reinvestigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting rebar originating in or exported from China, South Korea, Turkey, Belarus, Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Japan, Portugal and Spain, and the amounts of subsidy of certain rebar originating in or exported from China. Accordingly, the CBSA stated that specific normal values... Read More
IREPAS in Warsaw: Confusion and uncertainty in the global market
The 78th meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Warsaw, Poland on May 6-8, 2018. There were 117 producer representatives among the 320 registered delegates from 48 different countries. There were also 62 registrations representing 40 different raw material suppliers. At the opening of the conference, Murat Cebecioglu, chairman of IREPAS emphasized that there is obvious confusion and uncertainty in the... Read More
Decision on Section 232 exemptions delayed until June 1
U.S. President Trump will reportedly delay the decision whether to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on countries currently exempted from the Section 232 tariffs until June 1. The administration is expected to finalize deals with the European Union, Canada and Mexico, while reaching “agreements in principle” with Australia, Argentina and Brazil. The details of those agreements will be finalized in the next 30 days. Read More