The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on December 17, 2025 that it has reached a preliminary decision to impose antidumping duties on imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria, as part of its investigations into unfair trade practices.
The Department set a preliminary dumping margin of 127.32% on Tosyali Iron and Steel Industry – Algeria, a rate that also applies to all other Algerian exporters. It noted that this margin was calculated based on facts available with the application of adverse inferences.
According to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. imports of Algerian rebar amounted to about 363.6 thousand tonnes valued at USD 274.7 million in 2022, rising to 440.7 thousand tonnes valued at USD 269 million in 2023, before declining in 2024 to 91.5 thousand tonnes worth USD 50.2 million.
The Department of Commerce stated that the final determination in this case is expected to be announced in March 2026. At the same time, it continues parallel investigations into antidumping and countervailing duties on rebar imports from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam.
Meanwhile, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is conducting concurrent investigations to determine whether these imports have caused injury to the U.S. domestic industry.
The complaint in this case was filed by the Rebar Trade Action Coalition, which includes several major U.S. steel producers, such as Nucor, Gerdau Ameristeel, and Steel Dynamics, as part of efforts to protect the domestic market from unfair competition.
