Last November, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping order on carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Mexico.
The review originally covered seven Mexican producers/exporters during the period from October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2010.
The Mexican producers/exporters are: (1) Aceros San Luis S.A. de C.V. (Aceros); (2) Altos Hornos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Altos Hornos); (3) Arcelor Mittal Las Truchas, S.A. de C.V. (AMLT): (4) DeAcero de C.V. (DeAcero): (5) Siderurgica Lazaro Cardenas Las Truchas S.A. de C.V. (Sicartsa); (6) Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Talleres); and (7) Ternium Mexico SA. de C.V. (Ternium).
On Thursday, the DOC announced that it is terminating the reviews of the following five companies: Aceros, Altos Hornos, DeAcero, Talleres and Ternium. These reviews had been requested by the US rod industry, but it subsequently withdrew the requests.
The DOC will continue with the reviews of AMLT and Sicartsa.
The merchandise subject to the order is classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3092, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, 7227.90.6010, and 7227.90.6080.