Preliminary Determination in Antidumping Duty Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine

[1] Rate was assigned based on facts available with an adverse inference. 

[1] This will take place only in the event of affirmative final determinations from Commerce and the ITC

Note: Commerce preliminary and final determination deadlines are governed by statute. For AD investigations, the deadlines are set forth in section 733(b) and 735(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, accessed through Global Trade Atlas (HTSUS 7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012).

The petitioners are Insteel Wire Products Company (Mount Airy, NC), Sumiden Wire Products Corporation (Dickson, TN), and Wire Mesh Corporation (Houston, TX).

For general information and next steps, please refer to a list of preliminary FAQs.

Additional case information including the scope of the investigation are on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). Once you log in, please refer to case numbers:

• A-560-837 for Indonesia;
• A-475-843 for Italy;
• A-557-819 for Malaysia;
• A-791-826 for South Africa;
• A-469-821 for Spain;
• A-723-001 for Tunisia; and 
• A-823-817 for Ukraine.

To date, Commerce maintains 539 AD and CVD orders which provide relief to American companies and industries impacted by unfair trade.

Since the beginning of the Trump Administration, Commerce has initiated 302 new AD and CVD investigations - this is a 278 percent increase from the comparable period in the previous administration.