Commerce Slaps Duties on Spanish Steel Wire Imports
Published Date: 4/13/2026
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that a Spanish company, TYCSA, sold prestressed concrete steel wire strand in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from June 2023 to May 2024. Because of this, extra duties (taxes) will apply to their imports starting April 13, 2026. This decision affects TYCSA and U.S. companies competing with them, ensuring fair play and protecting American businesses.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 1 mixed.
Importers must certify reimbursement or risk doubled duties
Importers are required under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of relevant entries during this review period. Failure to file the certificate could lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and assess doubled antidumping duties.
TYCSA hit with 11.32% antidumping duty
The Department of Commerce found Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d.b.a. TYCSA) sold prestressed concrete steel wire strand in the U.S. below normal value for June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024 and assigned a weighted-average dumping margin of 11.32 percent. This determination leads to extra antidumping duties on TYCSA imports effective April 13, 2026.
Unreviewed entries may face 14.75% all‑others rate
Commerce will apply its automatic-assessment practice to entries of subject merchandise during the period of review produced by TYCSA for which TYCSA did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States; in such cases Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate of 14.75 percent if there is no rate for the intermediate company involved. The period of review covered June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024.
Cash deposit requirement tied to 11.32% margin
For shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these final results (April 13, 2026), the cash deposit rate for TYCSA will equal the 11.32 percent weighted-average dumping margin established in these final results. The all-others cash deposit rate remains 14.75 percent for producers/exporters not covered by company-specific rates.
Ruling intended to protect U.S. competitors
The Commerce determination applies antidumping duties to below-market imports from TYCSA to ensure fair competition and protect American businesses competing with those imports. The decision and resulting duties are intended to provide relief to U.S. producers of prestressed concrete steel wire strand.
CBP to assess duties; de minimis threshold 0.5%
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries in accordance with these final results. If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin or an importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), CBP will liquidate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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