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

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