U.S. Commerce Department Announces Preliminary Duty Rates on Turkish Steel Rebar Imports

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Date: 2026-01-26

On January 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce released the preliminary results of its countervailing duty (CVD) administrative review on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) imports from the Republic of Türkiye. The review covers the period from January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.

Commerce found that countervailable subsidies were provided to certain producers and exporters from Türkiye during the review period. These subsidies give companies financial advantages under U.S. trade law.

The CVD review was conducted under the authority of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Commerce analyzed whether the Turkish government provided financial contributions that offered specific benefits to rebar producers and exporters.

Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. received a preliminary net countervailable subsidy rate of 1.84 percent ad valorem.

Commerce also rescinded the review for two companies:

  • Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. and
  • Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret ve Nakliyat A.S. (collectively, Kaptan)

The petitioner, Rebar Trade Action Coalition, withdrew its request for review of Kaptan within the deadline. Since no other parties requested a review for these companies, Commerce ended the review for Kaptan under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Additionally, Commerce determined that Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. (Icdas) had no entries of subject merchandise during the review period. As a result, the review for Icdas was also rescinded under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).

All calculations and analysis used in these preliminary results are available to interested parties through the ACCESS system online at https://access.trade.gov.

Commerce invites interested parties to submit case briefs on the preliminary results within 21 days after publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, are due five days after that.

All submissions must be completed through the ACCESS system by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the relevant due date. Briefs must include a table of contents and a table of authorities.

Commerce requests that each issue covered in submitted briefs starts with an executive summary not exceeding 450 words, with relevant citations in footnotes. These summaries will be used when Commerce prepares its final report.

Requests for a hearing must be filed electronically within 30 days after the publication date of this notice. Requests must include the requester’s name, address, phone number, number of participants (and note if any are foreign nationals), and a list of issues to discuss.

If no summons is filed with the U.S. Court of International Trade, Commerce plans to instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess duties on entries covered by the final results.

For companies for which the review is rescinded (Kaptan and Icdas), CBP will assess duties based on the rates in place at the time of entry.

For Colakoglu Metalurji A.S., duties will be assessed at the rate determined in the final results of the review.

When the review is complete and final results are published, CBP will adjust cash deposit rates for Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. Entries after the final results will be subject to the new rate, unless the final rate is zero or de minimis.

Commerce aims to publish the final results within 120 days, unless the deadline is extended. Final results will include responses to arguments raised in case and rebuttal briefs.

This notice is published under sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

For further details, refer to the Preliminary Decision Memorandum available online through ACCESS.

Official Contact:
Ajay Menon
AD/CVD Operations, Office IX
U.S. Department of Commerce
Phone: (202) 482-0208


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