Spain's concrete wire strand gets duty smackdown—yawn.
Published Date: 4/14/2025
Notice
Summary
The U.S. Department of Commerce found that a Spanish company, Global Special Steel Products, sold prestressed concrete steel wire strand in the U.S. at unfairly low prices from June 2022 to May 2023. Because of this, they’ll keep charging extra duties to balance the playing field. These final results take effect April 14, 2025, impacting importers and the company’s sales in the U.S.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Automatic assessment at 14.75% for certain unreviewed entries
For entries during the period produced by TYCSA for which TYCSA did not know the merchandise was destined for the United States and the intermediate company has no established rate, Commerce will instruct CBP to liquidate those unreviewed entries at the all-others rate from the LTFV investigation of 14.75 percent.
Cash deposit rules for future entries
For shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of these final results, the cash deposit rate for the listed company will equal the established weighted-average dumping margin (3.44%, unless it is below 0.50% in which case the deposit rate is zero). Previously reviewed companies keep their most recent company-specific rates; if an exporter is not covered but the producer is, the producer's most recent rate applies; and all other producers/exporters continue to have a cash deposit rate of 14.75 percent (the all-others rate). These deposit requirements remain in effect until further notice.
Importers must certify duty 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 entries for this review period. Failure to file the required certificate may lead Commerce to presume reimbursement occurred and to assess doubled antidumping duties.
Final dumping margin set at 3.44%
The Department of Commerce determined that Global Special Steel Products S.A.U. (d.b.a. Trenzas y Cables de Acero PSC, S.L.) sold prestressed concrete steel wire strand at less-than-normal value for the period June 1, 2022 through May 30, 2023, and assigned a weighted-average dumping margin of 3.44%. This determination is applicable April 14, 2025.
CBP to assess antidumping duties per final results
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will assess antidumping duties on appropriate entries in accordance with the final results; importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates will be calculated as the ratio of total dumping to total entered value. Entries with a weighted-average margin or importer-specific assessment rate of zero or de minimis (less than 0.5 percent) will be liquidated without regard to antidumping duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after publication, and may delay liquidation up to the statutory injunction period (within 90 days) if a timely summons is filed.
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