The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced the preliminary determination of its antidumping duty investigation against wire rod imports from Egypt, China, and Vietnam.
Focusing on Egypt, the Canadian regulator imposed a preliminary antidumping tariff of 49.7pct on Suez Steel and 99.8pct on all other Egyptian wire rod producers.
For comparison, the preliminary dumping margins are 50.9pct for China’s Jiangsu Shagang and 71.1pct for all other Chinese exporters. In Vietnam, wire rod imports from Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel and Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel will be subject to tariffs of 6.1pct and 18.3pct, respectively, with a 38.9pct tariff on all other Vietnamese wire rod exporters.
The products subject to the preliminary duty currently fall under the following Customs Tariff Statistics Position Numbers: 7213.91.00.42, 7213.91.00.43, 7213.91.00.49, 7213.91.00.50, 7213.91.00.60, 7213.91.00.70, 7213.99.00.11, 7213.99.00.12, 7213.99.00.31, 7213.99.00.32, 7213.99.00.51, 7213.99.00.52, 7227.20.00.20, 7227.20.00.90, 7227.90.00.60, 7227.90.00.70, 7227.90.00.81, 7227.90.00.82, and 7227.90.00.83.
