Commerce Begins AD/CV Duty Investigations on Steel Concrete Rebar from Mexico and Turkey

The Commerce Department is beginning antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico and Turkey and a countervailing duty investigation on the merchandise from Turkey, according to a Sept. 25 fact sheet released by the agency. The Rebar Trade Action Coalition, which includes domestic manufacturers Byer Steel Corporation; Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.; Commercial Metals Company; Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc.; and Nucor Corporation, requested the investigation, alleging that producers in Mexico and Turkey are underselling rebar in the U.S., and producers in Turkey are also benefiting from illegal subsidization. (see 13090614).