At the request of local companies, the Mexican government through the Ministry of Economy (SE) initiated an antidumping investigation (AD) on imports of threaded steel rods originating in China.
The applicant companies are Clavos Mexico and Clavos CN (Grupo CN, formerly Clavos Nacionales de Mexico), according to a report published in the official gazette of Mexico on Friday.
The product under investigation has various names: all threaded rod plain, all threaded rod black, all threaded rod electro galvanized yellow zinc, all threaded rod electro galvanized zinc plated and all threaded rod hot dipped galvanized HDG. Although they are integrated into tariff sections 7318.15.99 and 7318.19.99 of the General Import and Export Tax Law (TIGIE).
The products are threaded rods of low, medium carbon or alloy steel without hardening, with a diameter equal to or greater than 6.4 mm (¼ inch), but less than 38.1 mm (1 ½ inch), and a length equal to or greater than 152.4 mm (6 inches).
The investigation period was from January 1 to December 31, 2022 and the damage analysis period was from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2022.
In the past, 2010, Grupo CN was one of the importers of black carbon steel nuts originating in China (tariff sections 7318.16.03 and 7318.16.04 of the TIGIE) that applied a countervailing duty of 64 percent due to dumping.