Notice2026-19103
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Egypt: Countervailing Duty Orders
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Published
September 18, 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 countervailing duty (CVD) orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) and Egypt.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 180 (Friday, September 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59102-59104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-19103]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-552-854, C-729-806]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam and Egypt: Countervailing Duty Orders
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 countervailing duty (CVD) orders
on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam (Vietnam) and Egypt.
DATES: Applicable September 18, 2026
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Howard (Vietnam), at (202) 482-
3453 and Lingjun Wang (Egypt) at (202) 482-2316, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
In accordance with sections 705(d) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of
1930 as amended (the Act) on July 30, 2026, Commerce published in the
Federal Register its affirmative final determinations in the
countervailing duty investigations of rebar from Vietnam and Egypt.\1\
On September 11, 2026, the ITC notified Commerce of its final
affirmative determinations pursuant to sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and
705(d) of the Act, that an industry in the United States is materially
injured by reason of subsidized imports of rebar from Vietnam and
Egypt.\2\
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 91 FR 48074 (July 30, 2026), and Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Egypt: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, 91 FR 48068 (July 30, 2026).
\2\ See ITC's Letter, ``Notification of the ITC Final
Determinations,'' dated September 11, 2026.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by these orders is rebar from Vietnam and
Egypt. For a complete description of the scope of these orders, see the
appendix to this notice.
Countervailing Duty Orders
Based on the above-referenced affirmative final determinations by
the ITC that an industry in the United States is materially injured by
reason of subsidized imports of rebar from Vietnam and Egypt, in
accordance with sections 705(c)(2) and 706(a) of the Act, Commerce is
issuing these CVD orders. Because the ITC determined that imports of
rebar from Vietnam and Egypt are materially injuring a U.S. industry,
unliquidated entries of such merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption, are subject to the assessment of
countervailing duties.
Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a)(1) of the Act,
Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on
unliquidated entries of rebar from Vietnam and Egypt. With the
exception of entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional
measures period and before the publication of the ITC's final
affirmative injury determinations, as further described below,
countervailing duties will be assessed on unliquidated entries of rebar
from Vietnam and Egypt entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after January 13, 2026, the date of publication of
the Preliminary Determinations in the Federal Register.\3\
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\3\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination and Alignment of Final Determination with Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 91 FR 1265 (January 13, 2026); and
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Egypt: Preliminary Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final
Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 91 FR 1263
(January 13, 2026), (collectively, Preliminary Determinations).
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Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce will instruct
CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of rebar from Vietnam
and Egypt, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's notice of
final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, and to
assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, pursuant to section
706(a)(1) of the Act, countervailing duties on each entry of subject
merchandise in an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates
below. On or after the date of publication of the ITC's final injury
determinations in the Federal Register, CBP must require, at the same
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this
merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below. These
instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further
notice.
Estimated Countervailable Subsidy Rates
The estimated countervailable subsidy rates are as follows; all-
others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically
listed below.
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\4\ Commerce continues to find the following companies to be
cross-owned with Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company: Hoa Phat Dung
Quat Steel Joint Stock Company, Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel Joint Stock
Company, Hoa Phat Hung Yen Steel Limited Liability Company, Hoa Phat
Energy Joint Stock Company, An Thong Mineral Investment Joint Stock
Company, Hoa Phat Iron and Steel Joint Stock Company, Hoa Phat Metal
Producing Company Limited, Hoa Phat Prestressed Concrete One Member
Limited Liability Company, and Hoa Phat Steel Products Joint Stock
Company.
Vietnam
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company \4\.............. 6.80
All Others.......................................... 6.80
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Egypt
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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Al-Ezz Dekheila Steel Alexandria Company (SAE); Ezz 23.27
Steel Company S.A.E.; Ezz Rolling Mills Company
(SAE); Al-Ezz Flat Steel Company (SAE); Contra
Steel Co.; and Al-Ezz Group Holding Company for
Industry & Investment (collectively, Ezz Group)....
All Others.......................................... 23.27
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Provisional Measures
Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation
pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in
effect for more than four months. In the underlying investigations,
Commerce published the Preliminary Determinations on January 13,
2026.\5\ Therefore, entries of certain rebar from Vietnam and Egypt
made on or after May 12, 2026, and prior to the date of publication of
the ITC's final determinations in the Federal Register, are not subject
to the assessment of countervailing duties due to Commerce's
discontinuation of the suspension of liquidation.
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\5\ See Preliminary Determinations.
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In accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, Commerce instructed
CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation of entries concerning
these investigations effective May 13, 2026 (the date on which the
provisional CVD measures expired), and intend to instruct CBP to
liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated
entries concerning these investigations, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after May 13, 2026, through the day preceding the
date of publication of the ITC's affirmative final injury
determinations in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and
the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication
of the ITC's affirmative final injury determinations in the Federal
Register.
Establishment of the Annual Inquiry Service Lists
On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the
Federal Register.\6\ On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published the
Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register.\7\ 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.\8\
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\6\ See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20,
2021) (Final Rule).
\7\ See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List;
and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021)
(Procedural Guidance).
\8\ Id.
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In accordance with the Procedural Guidance,\9\ 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.'' \10\
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\9\ Id. at 53206.
\10\ 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 segment 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
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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, 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.
Commerce may update an annual inquiry 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 Petitioners 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.'' \11\ Accordingly, as stated
above, the petitioners and the Governments of Vietnam and Egypt should
submit their initial entries of appearance after publication of this
notice in order to appear in the first annual inquiry service list for
those orders for which they qualify as an interested party. Pursuant to
19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the petitioners and the Governments of Vietnam
and Egypt will not need to resubmit their entries of appearance each
year to continue to be included on the annual inquiry service list.
However, the petitioners and the Governments of Vietnam and Egypt 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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\11\ See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice constitutes the CVD orders with respect to rebar from
Vietnam and Egypt. Pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act. Interested
parties can find a list of CVD orders currently in effect at <a href="https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings">https://www.trade.gov/data-visualization/adcvd-proceedings</a>.
These CVD orders are published in accordance with section 706(a) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: September 14, 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 Orders
The merchandise subject to these orders 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 countries 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 these orders 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 item numbers
7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. The subject
merchandise may also enter under other HTSUS numbers 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 numbers are provided for
convenience and customs purposes; however, the written description
of the scope remains dispositive.
[FR Doc. 2026-19103 Filed 9-17-26; 8:45 am]
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