The US Department of Commerce (USDOC) and US International Trade Commission (USITC) has revieved the petition filed by the US law firm Wiley Rein LLP on behalf of Rebar Trade Action Coalition, which formed by Byer Steel Corporation, Commercial Metals Company, Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Nucor Corporation, Optimus Steel, and Steel Dynamics, Inc. 

The petition asked the authority to launch anti-dumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations into the imports of rebar from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam.

The petition also said that the manufacturers from those countries are subsidized by the government, resulting in rebars being sold at low prices in the US market.

The products involved are under HS codes 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010, and they may be also under 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.