Commerce Finalizes Circumvention Duties on High Carbon Steel Wire From Mexico

The Commerce Department is finalizing its determination that imports of high carbon steel wire from Mexico that are processed into prestressed concrete steel wire strand in the U.S., are circumventing the antidumping duty order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Mexico (A-201-831).

The agency will continue to impose retroactive suspension of liquidation and antidumping and countervailing duty cash deposit requirements that took effect effect for high carbon steel wire from Mexico entered on or after July 31, 2023, the date Commerce began its anti-circumvention inquiry (see 2307280038).

The high carbon steel wire covered by the circumvention finding has a "high carbon content (i.e., 0.60–0.85 percent), is not heat treated, and has a diameter less than 4.50 millimeters," and is “assembled or completed in the United States by stranding” high carbon steel wire to produce prestressed concrete steel wire strand “of the type that would be subject to the Order.” The merchandise enters under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 7217.10.8090

The agency will continue to allow for a certification process to avoid AD/CVD for high carbon steel wire from Mexico that won't be processed into prestressed concrete steel wire strand in the U.S.

Entries covered by the orders under the anti-circumvention finding are subject to the exporter’s company-specific AD rate under the AD order on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Mexico or, if there is no applicable company-specific rate, the all-others rate of 62.78%.