Short Range Outlook : May 2020
Impact of Covid-19 starts to hit home across the global long steel market The supply and demand situation in the global long steel products market has deteriorated as global economies are doing much worse today thanks to protectionist measures and the Covid-19 pandemic. There is oversupply of almost everything, except those items that suddenly end up being in short supply due to impacts on the supply chain. This does not include ‘shortages’ that... Read More
Short Range Outlook : November 2019
Confusing environment prevails in global long steel products market The current environment in the global long steel products market is confusing. The raw material for blast furnaces is becoming cheaper, while ferrous scrap is getting more expensive and we observe increasing prices for both reinforcing bars and hot rolled coils. Customers are making inquiries for longer than they normally should, and mills are incurring greater losses than they can... Read More
Russian Federation sets quota for scrap exports till end of 2019
Russian authorities have officially set the quota for the steel scrap exports to the countries excluding the members of the Eurasian Economic Union in order to protect the local steel industry. The official document, signed on August 31, implies the total allowed export volume of 1.009,2 million mt of scrap for the period from September 1 to December 31 of the current year. The Ministry of the Industry and Trade will be responsible for the distribution... Read More
EU to impose new quota on imports
According to media sources, the European Commission has sent a notification to the World Trade Organization, stating that the EU will impose import quotas on certain steel products, including rebar and wire rod, for a period of 150 days starting from February 2, 2019.. However, there has been no official announcement yet. Accordingly the import quotas will be in force between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020 and that the quota volumes will be increased... Read More
US DOC releases recommendations for steel tariffs or quotas under Section 232
US Department of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross publicly released his recommendations to the president following the conclusion of the Section 232 investigation into steel imports, with three import remedy options: A global 24 percent tariff on all steel imports from all countries. A tariff of at least 53 percent on steel imports from Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Korea, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam. A quota... Read More
Ukraine imposes antidumping duty on imports of rebar and wire rod from Russia
The Ukrainian Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade has announced that it has imposed a definitive antidumping (AD) duty on imports of reinforcing bar and wire rod from Russia for a period of five years. The decision will come into effect 60 days after the official publication of the decision. The antidumping duty rates are announced as follows: Reinforcing bar (diameter 6 – 40 mm) : 15.21 percent Wire rod (diameter 5.5 mm -... Read More
US ITC affirms antidumping duties for wire rod imports from Belarus, Russia and UAE
The United States International Trade Commission (US ITC) today affirmed the US Department of Commerce’s (US DOC) final determinations in the investigation of imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. As a result of the US ITC’s affirmative determinations, the US DOC will issue antidumping duty orders on imports of this product from Belarus, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Final... Read More
US DOC announced final antidumping margins on wire rod imports from Belarus, Russia, and UAE
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) determines that imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value. The final estimated weighted-average dumping margins are as follows: Belarus BSW (BMZ) : 280.02% Russia Abinsk Electric Steel Works Ltd :... Read More
US DOC announced final antidumping duties on wire rod imports from Belarus, Russia, UAE
The US Department of Commerce (US DOC) has announced its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigation of imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Accordingly, the US DOC calculated the below final dumping margins for the mentioned imports from the three countries: Belarus Belarus-Wide Entity : 280.02% Russia Abinsk... Read More
US DOC sets preliminary margins against wire rod imports from Belarus, Russia, and the UAE
The United States Department of Commerce (US DOC) announced preliminary findings that carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, Russia and the United Arab Emirates are being dumped in the US market. Preliminary margins are set as follows: Belarus : 280.02 percent Russia : 436.80-756.93 percent UAE ... Read More