Preliminary antidumping decision for rebar imports into Canada
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced its preliminary results concerning its antidumping duty investigation regarding certain concrete reinforcing bar originating or exported from Belarus, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal and Spain. Accordingly, the CBSA calculated preliminary antidumping duties ranging from one percent to 109.2 percent for the six locations. Provisional duties are now payable on the subject goods that are released... Read More
Canada will move forward with antidumping case against rebar from six countries
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal today determined that there is a reasonable indication that the alleged injurious dumping of certain concrete reinforcing bar originating or exported from the Belarus, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal and Spain has caused injury or is threatening to cause injury to the domestic industry. The Tribunal’s preliminary injury inquiry was conducted pursuant to subsection 34(2) of the Special Import Measures... Read More
Australia starts antidumping review on rebar from Celsa (Spain)
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a review of the antidumping measures applying to certain reinforcing bar imports from Spain. The review will be limited to examining whether the variable factors relevant to the taking of the antidumping measures as they affect the Spanish steel producer Celsa should be varied. Currently, the antidumping duty stands at three percent for Celsa and the duty was originally imposed... Read More
Australia revised preliminary antidumping duty on imports of rebar
The Australian Government Antidumping Commission has announced that it has revised the preliminary antidumping (AD) duty on rebar imports from South Korea, Singapore, Spain and Taiwan. The preliminary antidumping rates now range between 9.7-14.3 percent for South Korea, 3-8.2 percent for Spain, 6.6 percent for Singapore and 4.7-8.9 percent for Taiwan. The antidumping duty investigation was launched in October 2014 upon the application of domestic... Read More
Australia extended dumping investigation on rebar imports again
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has further extended the antidumping (AD) duty investigation against rebar imports from South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey, to be able to conduct verification of exporters’ data,. The final decision now will be made on or before August 17, 2015. The investigation had already been extended in February. The commission imposed a preliminary antidumping... Read More
Australia extended AD duty investigation on certain rebar imports
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has extended the antidumping (AD) duty investigation against rebar imports from South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey, due to the large number of countries involved in the investigation. The final decision now will be made on or before May 7, 2015. The investigation was launched in October 2014 upon the application of domestic steel producer OneSteel Manufacturing... 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
IREPAS in Berlin: Specter of rising Chinese exports haunts the markets
The 71st meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Berlin, Germany on September 28-30. There were 82 producer representatives among the 288 registered delegates from 40 different countries. There were 48 registrations representing 33 different raw material suppliers. Raw material suppliers: Increasing Chinese exports will alter market balances Ioannis Meimaroglou, chairman of the IREPAS raw material suppliers... Read More
Long steel products demand varies significantly between different markets
The 70th meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Barcelona, Spain on March 31-April 1. There were 101 producer representatives among the 330 registered delegates from 39 different countries. Ioannis Meimaroglu, chairman of the IREPAS raw material suppliers committee, underlined the record-high 44 registrations of representatives of a total of 32 different raw material supplier companies for this latest... Read More
Marti: Industry is still facing overcapacity problem
Speaking at the SteelOrbis Spring’14 Conference & 70th IREPAS Meeting in Barcelona, Spain today, IREPAS chairman Kim Marti stated that the long steel industry is still facing the problem of overcapacity, especially in China, though the same issue is now also being observed in Turkey, citing production cuts as still being a significant option. Mr. Marti emphasized that the continuation of free trade is unquestionable, though adding that... Read More