Following affirmative determinations by the US Department of Commerce (USDOC) and the US International Trade Commission (USITC), the US issued countervailing duty (CVD) orders on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) imports from Vietnam and Egypt.

The orders establish an estimated countervailable subsidy rate of 6.80% for the Hoa Phat Group Joint Stock Company and all other producers or exporters in Vietnam. For Egypt, a rate of 23.27% applies collectively to the Ezz Group, including Al-Ezz Dekheila Steel Alexandria Company, Ezz Steel Company, Ezz Rolling Mills Company, Al-Ezz Flat Steel Company, Contra Steel Co., and Al-Ezz Group Holding Company for Industry and Investment, as well as all other Egyptian producers and exporters.

The subject goods enter primarily under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010, and they may be also under HTSUS numbers 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.