Notice2026-08284
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Algeria: Antidumping Duty Order
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Published
April 29, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty (AD) order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 82 (Wednesday, April 29, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23062-23063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-08284]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-721-001]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Algeria: Antidumping Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the U.S. International Trade
Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing an antidumping duty (AD) order on
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria.
DATES: Applicable April 29, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anjali Mehindiratta, AD/CVD
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9127.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 6, 2026, Commerce published its affirmative Final
Determination in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of steel
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria in accordance with
sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).\1\ On April 17, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determination that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports of rebar from Algeria sold in
the United States at less than fair value, within the meaning of
section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act.\2\
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria: Final
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 91 FR
11035 (March 6, 2026) (Final Determination).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, `` Notification of ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated April 17, 2026.
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is steel concrete reinforcing bar
from Algeria. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
the appendix to this notice.
Antidumping Duty Order
Based on the above-referenced affirmative final determination by
the ITC, in accordance with sections 735(c)(2) and 736 of the Act,
Commerce is issuing this AD order. Because the ITC determined that an
industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
imports of rebar from Algeria, unliquidated entries of such merchandise
from Algeria, entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, are
subject to the assessment of antidumping duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties equal
to the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or constructed export price) of the merchandise on all
relevant entries of rebar from Algeria. Antidumping duties will be
assessed on unliquidated entries of rebar from Algeria entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after December 19,
2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination,\3\ but
will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the
provisional measures period and before publication of the ITC's final
injury determination, as further described below.
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\3\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Algeria: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 90 FR
59503 (December 19, 2025) (Preliminary Determination).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 736 of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of rebar from
Algeria, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register.
Commerce also intends to instruct CBP to require cash deposits
equal to the estimated weighted-average dumping margins indicated in
the table below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication in
the Federal Register of the notice of the ITC's final affirmative
injury determination, CBP will require, at the same time as importers
would normally deposit estimated customs duties on subject merchandise,
a cash deposit equal to the rates listed in the tables below. The all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically
listed.
These instructions suspending liquidation and cash deposit
requirements will remain in effect until further notice.
Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping Margins
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Tosyali Iron Steel Industry Algeria SPA..................... * 127.32
All Others.................................................. 127.32
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* Rate based on facts available with adverse inferences.
Provisional Measures
Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months, except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
that Commerce extend the four-month period to no more than six months.
In the underlying investigation, Commerce published the LTFV
Preliminary Determination on December 19, 2025. Therefore, the four-
month period beginning on the date of publication ended on April 17,
2026. Pursuant to section 737(b) of the Act, the collection of cash
deposits will begin on the date of publication of the ITC's final
injury determinations.
Therefore, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, Commerce
will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of rebar from Algeria entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after April 18, 2026, the first day provisional
measures were
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no longer in effect, until and through the day preceding the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal
Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits
will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination
in the Federal Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
Commerce published the Final Rule and the Procedural Guidance in
the Federal Register on September 20, 2021, and September 27, 2021,
respectively.\4\ The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance provide that
Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or
suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope
ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a
copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry
service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering
the same merchandise from the same country of origin.\5\
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\4\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement on
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule); and Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry
Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27,
2021) (Procedural Guidance).
\5\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance, for orders published in
the Federal Register after November 4, 2021, Commerce will create an
annual inquiry service list segment in Commerce's online e-filing and
document management system, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Electronic Service System (ACCESS), available at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/">https://access.trade.gov/</a>, within five business days of publication of the
notice of the order. Each annual inquiry service list will be saved in
ACCESS, under each case number, and under a specific segment type
called ``AISL--Annual Inquiry Service List.'' \6\
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\6\ This segment will be combined with the ACCESS Segment
Specific Information (SSI) field which will display the month in
which the notice of the order or suspended investigation was
published in the Federal Register, also known as the anniversary
month. For example, for an order under case number A-000-000 that
was published in the Federal Register in January, the relevant
segment and SSI combination will appear in ACCESS as ``AISL--January
Anniversary.'' Note that there will be only one annual inquiry
service list per case number, and the anniversary month will be pre-
populated in ACCESS.
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Interested parties who wish to be added to the annual inquiry
service list for an order must submit an entry of appearance to the
annual inquiry service list segment for the order in ACCESS within 30
days after the date of publication of the order. For ease of
administration, Commerce requests that law firms with more than one
attorney representing interested parties in an order designate a lead
attorney to be included on the annual inquiry service list. Commerce
will finalize the annual inquiry service list within five business days
thereafter. As mentioned in the Procedural Guidance,\7\ the new annual
inquiry service list will be in place until the following year, when
the Opportunity Notice for the anniversary month of the order is
published.
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\7\ See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206.
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Commerce may update an annual service list at any time as needed
based on interested parties' amendments to their entries of appearance
to remove or otherwise modify their list of members and
representatives, or to update contact information. Any changes or
announcements pertaining to these procedures will be posted to the
ACCESS website.
Special Instructions for Petitioner and Foreign Governments
In the Final Rule, Commerce stated that, ``after an initial request
and placement on the annual inquiry service list, both petitioners and
foreign governments will automatically be placed on the annual inquiry
service list in the years that follow.'' \8\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioner and foreign governments should submit their
initial entries of appearance after publication of this notice in order
to appear in the first annual inquiry service lists for this order for
which they qualify as interested parties. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.225(n)(3), the petitioner and foreign governments will not need to
resubmit their entries of appearance each year to continue to be
included on the annual inquiry service list. However, the petitioner
and the foreign governments are responsible for making amendments to
their entries of appearance during the annual update to the annual
inquiry service list in accordance with the procedures described above.
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\8\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the AD order with respect to rebar from
Algeria, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can
find a list of AD and countervailing duty orders currently in effect at
<a href="https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html">https://enforcement.trade.gov/stats/iastats1.html</a>.
This AD order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: April 23, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to this order is steel concrete
reinforcing bar imported in either straight length or coil form
(rebar) regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade or lack
thereof.
The subject merchandise includes rebar that has been further
processed in the subject country or a third country, including but
not limited to cutting, grinding, galvanizing, painting, coating, or
any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise
from the scope of this order if performed in the country of
manufacture of the rebar.
Specifically excluded are plain rounds (i.e., nondeformed or
smooth rebar).
The subject merchandise is classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) primarily under subheadings
7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. The subject
merchandise may also enter under other HTSUS subheadings, including
7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045,
7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057, 7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001,
7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6040,
7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000. HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; however, the written description
of the scope is dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-08284 Filed 4-28-26; 8:45 am]
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