Canada to maintain antidumping duties on rebar imports from six countries
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) has announced that it will continue to impose antidumping (AD) duty on reinforcing bar imports from six countries, namely, Belarus, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Portugal, and Spain, following the conclusion of the expiry review. The applicable duties range between 2.4 percent and 108.5 percent. The antidumping duties were imposed in May 2017. The products in question currently fall under Customs Tariff... Read More
Canada concludes reinvestigation of rebar imports from certain countries
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has concluded a reinvestigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting rebar originating in or exported from China, South Korea, Turkey, Belarus, Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, Japan, Portugal and Spain, and the amounts of subsidy of certain rebar originating in or exported from China. Accordingly, the CBSA stated that specific normal values... Read More
Temporary exemptions to Section 232 tariffs will expire May 1
A report issued late Thursday by US Customs and Border Protection indicates that the temporary exclusions for US steel tariffs under Section 232 will expire as of May 1. Starting that day, all countries of origin will be subject to the 25 percent tariff on US steel imports. The tariffs are effective with respect to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after March 23, 2018. Countries with temporary exclusions to the tariffs... Read More
Canada starts antidumping reinvestigation againts rebar imports from several countries
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it has initiated an antidumping duty reinvestigation to update the normal values and export prices respecting certain concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) originating in or exported from China, South Korea, Turkey, Belarus, Taiwan, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, Japan, Portugal and Spain and a countervailing duty reinvestigation to update... 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
IREPAS in Lisbon: Exciting times finally here after depressing period
The 74th meeting of IREPAS (International Rebar Exporters and Producers Association) was held in Lisbon, Portugal on April 10-12, 2016. There were 70 producer representatives among the 261 registered delegates from 35 different countries. There were also 35 registrations representing 25 different raw material suppliers. At the opening of the SteelOrbis 2016 Spring Conference & 74th IREPAS Meeting held in Lisbon on April 10-12, Kim Marti, the international... Read More
Uli Leuchtmann replaces Lutz Karpowitz as speaker at the 74th IREPAS meeting
Unfortunately Mr Lutz Karpowitz will not be able to make the trip to Lisbon due to illness. His colleague Mr Uli Leuchtmann (Head of EM&FX Research) will be replacing him in the programme of the 74th IREPAS meeting. Read More
74th IREPAS meeting will be held in Lisbon
The 74th IREPAS meeting will be held on April 10th to 12th, 2016 at the Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa in Lisbon, Portugal in conjunction with the SteelOrbis Spring 16′ Conference. All required information can be found here. Read More