John Wolz

U.S. wire rod producers filed anti-dumping and countervailing-duty cases against a dozen nations as imports increased 53% even under trade restrictions.
GS Industries Inc. announced at the end of August that it would attempt to increase wire rod products by $10 to $15 per ton effective October 1. Ivaco Rolling Mills and Co-Steel Raritan Inc. announced similar increases.//
GS Industries twice announced price increases earlier this year but failed to get the higher prices in the marketplace.
The anti-dumping filing comes even though there already is a tariff-rate quota in place on most imports.
Imports accounted for about 30% of the U.S. market last year.
The filing includes Canada and Mexico, which were not included in the original Section 201 of the 1974 Trade Act tariff action in effect since early 2000.
Producers say the three-year trade remedy�s quota was too high and tariffs too low to allow domestic producers to recover.
Other countries are Brazil, Germany, Egypt, Moldova, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, Venezuela and Indonesia.
Cases alleging government subsidies were filed against Canada, Mexico, Germany, Trinidad and Tobago and Turkey. �2001 FastenerNews.com