According to Commerce, SPA Algerian Qatar Steel received a final ad valorem subsidy rate of 73.33%, with the same 73.33% rate assigned to all other companies. The rates were based on facts available with adverse inferences. Commerce said no separate U.S. International Trade Commission material-injury determination was required in this proceeding.
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Analysis: A 73.33% countervailing duty materially raises the U.S. import cost of covered Algerian wire rod, potentially weakening its competitiveness in the U.S. market. Applying the same rate to SPA Algerian Qatar Steel and all other suppliers gives the measure broad coverage across Algerian exporters.
MetalMate analysis- Product: Carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Algeria.
- SPA Algerian Qatar Steel final subsidy rate: 73.33% ad valorem.
- All-others rate: 73.33% ad valorem.
- Commerce issued the CVD order concurrently with its final affirmative determination.
- Petitioners were Charter Steel, Commercial Metals Company, Liberty Steel USA, Nucor Corporation and Optimus Steel.
Watch for publication and effective-date details, entry instructions and any clarification of the order’s duration. These were not provided in the supplied Commerce material.
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- 5 October 2026
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Final Affirmative Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Algeria — US Department of Commerce — Enforcement & Compliance
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