US DOC: Preliminary results of AD review on rebar from Latvia

On October 25, 2005, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) initiated an antidumping duty administrative review for imports of steel concrete reinforcing bars from Latvia. The review covers one Latvian producer/exporter, JSC Liepajas Metalurgs, during the period September 1, 2004, through August 31, 2005. The DOC preliminarily determined that the following duty margin exists for the aforementioned period:

Producer/exporter                       Margin
 
Joint Stock Company 
Liepajas Metalurgs.......................6.03%

The current dumping duty deposit rate, which is 5.24 percent, will remain in effect until the final results are published.