Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh From Mexico: Initiation of Circumvention Inquiry on the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
Published Date: 1/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce is checking if steel wire mesh from Mexico, finished in the U.S. using Mexican steel wire, is sneaking around existing trade rules. This affects Mexican producers and U.S. companies that requested the review, with possible changes to duties starting January 14, 2025. If the inquiry finds sneaky moves, extra taxes could apply, protecting U.S. businesses from unfair competition.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.
Country‑wide Circumvention Inquiry Launched
Commerce has opened a country‑wide inquiry, effective January 14, 2025, to decide whether low‑carbon steel wire made in Mexico and finished into welded wire mesh in the United States is circumventing existing antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on wire mesh from Mexico. If Commerce includes these products within the scope of the AD/CVD Orders, those finished imports could be treated as subject to the Orders.
Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits Continue
Commerce will tell U.S. Customs and Border Protection to continue the suspension of liquidation for entries already suspended and to apply the cash deposit rate that would apply if the product is determined to be covered by the Orders. This direction is effective as of the initiation notice published January 14, 2025.
Nonresponse Could Trigger Adverse Duty Findings
Commerce warned that companies that do not fully answer its information requests may be assigned partial or total facts available under section 776(a) of the Act, which can include adverse inferences under section 776(b). Such findings can lead to higher duty rates for those respondents in the circumvention inquiry.
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