As a result, the US Commerce Department will issue anti-dumping duty orders on imports of PC strand from Argentina, Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey and the UAE; and countervailing duty orders on imports of the product from Turkey.
The ITC also made negative findings concerning critical circumstances on PC strand from Colombia, Egypt, the Netherlands and Turkey sold in the US, and thus these imports will not be subject to retroactive anti-dumping duties.
Dumping margins had been set on December 8 at the following rates:
- Argentina, 60.4%
- Colombia, 86.09%
- Egypt, 29.72%
- The Netherlands, 30.86%
- Saudi Arabia, 194.4%
- Taiwan, 23.89%
- Turkey, 53.65%
- UAE, 170.65%
In 2019, the value of PC strand imported from these sources was estimated at:
- Argentina, $2.3 million
- Colombia, $9.57 million
- Egypt, $345,888
- The Netherlands, $1.62 million
- Saudi Arabia, $1.38 million
- Taiwan, $2.98 million
- Turkey, $13.08 million
- UAE, $2.27 million
Commerce is conducting concurrent anti-dumping investigations of PC strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia and Ukraine. The final determinations for these investigations are scheduled to be announced on April 6, 2021.