Mexico extends CVD on Ukrainian wire rod imports for five more years
Mexico’s economy secretariat, SE, has extended existing definite countervailing duties (CVD) already applied to the imports of non-alloyed wire rod from Ukraine, it said on Friday. According to SE, it found sufficient elements to determine that eliminating existing CVD over the imports of the product from Ukraine would result in the “repetition” of what it labeled as “unfair practices.” SE said the CVD was extended for five more years counting... Read More
Mexico sets CVD margins on Chinese wire rod imports
Mexico’s economy secretariat, concluded its investigation over the imports of Chinese wire rod this week, dropping the antidumping portion of the probe and applying a definite countervailing duty (CVD) of $0.49 per kilogram for the purchases of the product. Domestic producers ArcelorMittal, Deacero and Ternium requested an antidumping probe into the imports of Chinese wire rod in July 2015; and Mexico’s economy secretariat launched the investigation... 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
CVD duty investigation for Chinese rebar imports initiated in Australia
Australia’s Antidumping Commission has announced that it has initiated a countervailing (CVD) duty investigation against Chinese rebar imports. The duty investigation launched by following an application lodged by domestic producer OneSteel Manufacturing Pty Ltd claims that the goods were in receipt of countervailable subsidies from China and that the subsidization has caused material injury to the Australian industry through loss of sale volume,... Read More
Mexico reviews duties on Ukrainian imports of wire rod
In the same week it announced antidumping duties on imports of Chinese graphite electrodes for electric arc furnaces and commenced investigations on wire rod imports from China, Mexico’s economy secretariat, SE, said it will review existing countervailing duties applied on imports of wire rod from Ukraine. SE said the 41 percent countervailing duties that were applied for the imports of wire rod from Ukraine will continue being applied while it... 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
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 preliminary duties on Chinese wire rod imports
The US DOC announced the preliminary duties on imports of carbon and alloy steel wire rods from China. Accordingly; Rizhao Steel Wire Co, Hunan Valin Xiangtan Iron & Steel, and Jiangsu Shagang International Trade Co (a subsidiary of Jiangsu Shagang Group) were all assigned a preliminary duty of 106.19%. All other producers were assigned a duty of 110.25% The US DOC previously set preliminary CVD margins of 81.36% for Hebei Iron&Steel, and... Read More
AD and CVD duty petition against wire rod imports from China to the US
An antidumping and countervailing duty petition against imports of wire rod from China is filed by a coalition of US producers of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod. The coalition is comprised of the following producers: Nucor ArcelorMittal USA Charter Steel Evraz Rocky Mountain Steel Gerdau Ameristeel Keystone Consolidated Industries filed China is now the largest source of wire rod imports in the US, and the filed antidumping and countervailing... Read More