wiredInUSA November 2016

Rebar reinstatement Seven US stainless steel bar producers have filed a request for changed circumstances reviews through the US Department of Commerce. The group argues that Viraj Profiles and Venus Wire Industries Pvt Ltd should be immediately reinstatedunder theexistinganti-dumping duty order on competing product from India. The companies are contending that, following revocations from the order, Viraj Profiles and Venus Wire resumed dumping rebar and other stainless steel bar products in the US. dumping. As such, they should no longer be entitled to benefit from their conditional revocation from coverage under the anti-dumping duty order. If the anti-dumping duty order is to function properly, thedepartmentmust ensure that conditionally revoked companies adhere to the conditions of their revocation agreements,” stated the US producers’ counsel, Larry Lasoff. “The dumping practices by Viraj Profiles and Venus Wire must be addressed immediately or their behavior will significantly damage the effectiveness of the existing anti-dumping duty order on stainless bar that US producers worked so hard to put into place.”

The commerce department granted revocation to Viraj Profiles and Venus Wire on the understanding that the order would be immediately reinstated if they were later found to have resumed dumping stainless steel bar into the US market.

The domestic producers are Carpenter Technology Corp, Crucible Industries, Electralloy/G O Carlson, North American Stainless, Outokumpu Stainless Bar, Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, and Valbruna Slater Stainless.

“The available evidence shows that Viraj Profiles and Venus Wire have resumed

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