USITC steel wire rod duties ruling
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has decided that ending current trade orders would likely harm the U.S. industry, so USITC steel wire rod duties on imports of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from China will stay in place. This outcome means U.S. producers will continue to receive protection against unfairly traded Chinese wire rod, in line with other enforcement actions covered in our trade and policy news.
The decision follows a five‑year (sunset) review under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, which requires regular checks on existing orders. In its review, the USITC found that revoking the orders would probably lead to continued or renewed material injury to U.S. producers. For these products, antidumping (AD) rates remain at 106.19% for eight exporters/producers and 110.25% for six other manufacturers, alongside existing countervailing (CV) duty rates.
