Australia extended AD investigation against wire rod imports once again
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has extended the period for its antidumping (AD) duty investigation against imports of wire rod in coils from Indonesia, Taiwan and Turkey once again, this time until April 15, 2015. The commission had already extended the deadline to January 15, 2015 back in October 2014. The antidumping duty investigation in question was launched in April 2014 upon the application made by Australian... Read More
US DOC publishes final AD & CVD margins for Chinese wire rod imports
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) published the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China. The final dumping margins in the AD investigation are: I. Three “separate rate” companies: 106.19%. Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co., Ltd.; Rizhao Steel Wire Co., Ltd. II. China-wide rate (i.e., all other Chinese producers and exporters)... Read More
Malaysia extended deadline for preliminary AD decision on rebar imports
Malaysian authorities have announced on the country’s official gazette on Monday, December 29th that; the time period for the antidumping duty investigation on reinforcing steel bar imports from China and South Korea was extended by an additional thirty days from January 1, 2015 until January 30, 2015. The investigation was initiated on September 2, 2014, following a petition filed by domestic steel producer Ann Joo Steel Berhad. Read More
US DOC to issue AD/CVD orders on Chinese wire rod imports
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) determined Monday that a US industry is materially injured by reason of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China that the US Department of Commerce (DOC) has determined are subsidized and sold in the United States at less than fair value. All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative. As a result of the USITC’s affirmative determinations, the DOC will issue antidumping... Read More
US DOC announced final determination on wire rod imports from China
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) announced Thursday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from the People’s Republic of China (China). The US DOC determined that imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China have been sold in the United States at dumping margins ranging from 106.19 percent to 110.25 percent. Additionally,... Read More
Russia extended antidumping investigation on rebar imports from Ukraine
The Euroasian Economic Commission has announced that Russia has extended its antidumping duty investigation on reinforcing bar imports from Ukraine for another three months. Accordingly the investigation will last until February 19th, 2015. The investigation was initiated on November 20th, 2013 by the Department of Protection of Domestic Market under the Eurasian Economic Commission. Read More
US DOC calculates lower AD margins for Mexican wire rod imports
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod imports from Mexico. The review covers one Mexican producer/exporter and its affiliated US importer – Deacero S.A. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc. (collectively Deacero”) – during the period from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. The DOC has calculated a preliminary dumping... Read More
Australia initiated antidumping investigation against rebar imports
The Australian Government Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty investigation against rebar imports from South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey. The investigation launched upon the application of domestic steel producer OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd (OneSteel) will cover the period between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014. The Commission will examine details of the Australian... Read More
Temporary tariffs imposed in Egypt
Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade announced that; temporary tariffs have been imposed to protect domestic reinforcing steel bar manufacturers. The 7.3 percent tariffs will last for a maximum of 200 days, but could eventually be made permament, the ministry said. Egyptian steelmakers have expressed concern about imports from Turkey, the world’s leading steel reinforcing bar exporter. Read More
US DOC released final determination on rebar imports from Mexico and Turkey
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) released its final determinations in the antidumping investigations of rebar from Mexico and Turkey and the countervailing duty investigation of rebar from Turkey on September 9th, Tuesday. The DOC has calculated the following final dumping duty margins on imports from Mexico: Deacero : 20.58% (preliminary determinaton was 20.59%) Grupo Simec : 66.70% (preliminary determinaton... Read More