Import Administration
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from People's Republic Of China (A-570-860)

Scope Description:

The product covered . . . is all steel concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths, currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS") under item numbers 7214.20.00, 7228.30.8050, 7222.11.0050, 7222.30.0000, 7228.60.6000, 7228.20.1000, 7228.30.8010,7222.11.0056, 7222.30.0011, 7222.11.0057, 7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0022, 7222.30.0024, or any other tariff item number. Specifically excluded are plain rounds (i.e., non-deformed or smooth bars) and rebar that has been further processed through bending or coating. HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the scope of the orders is dispositive.

Scope Rulings Completed Between January 1, 2012, and March 31, 2012
Requestor: New Orleans Shoring, LLC.; steel pins (also known as fasteners) made of concrete reinforcing bar are within the scope of the antidumping duty order; January 19, 2012.

See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Belarus, Indonesia, Latvia, Moldova, the People's Republic of China, Poland and Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 72 FR 44830 (August 9, 2007).