On July 20, 2020 CSMS #43442636, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated Anti-Dumping and countervailing duty investigations on “Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh from Mexico”
“The scope of these investigations cover uncoated standard welded steel reinforcement wire mesh (wire mesh) produced from smooth or deformed wire. Subject wire mesh is produced in square and rectangular grids of uniformly spaced steel wires that are welded at all intersections. Sizes are specified by combining the spacing of the wires in inches or millimeters and the wire cross-sectional area in hundredths of square inch or millimeters squared. Subject wire mesh may be packaged and sold in rolls or in sheets.
Subject wire mesh is currently produced to ASTM specification A1064/A1064M, which covers carbon-steel wire and welded wire reinforcement, smooth and deformed, for concrete in the following seven styles:
| 1. 6X6 W1.4/W1.4 or D1.4/D1.4
2. 6X6 W2.1/W2.1 or D2.1/D2.1 3. 6X6 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9 4. 6X6 W4/W4 or D4/D4 5. 6X12 W4/W4 or D4/D4 6. 4X4 W2.9/W2.9 or D2.9/D2.9 7. 4X4 W4/W4 or D4/D4 |
| The first number in the style denotes the nominal spacing between the longitudinal wires and the second number denotes the nominal spacing between the transverse wires. In the first style listed above, for example, “6X6” denotes a grid size of six inches by six inches. “W” denotes the use of smooth wire, and “D” denotes the use of deformed wire in making the mesh. The number following the W or D denotes the nominal cross-sectional area of the transverse and longitudinal wires in hundredths of a square inch (i.e., W1.4 or D1.4 is .014 square inches)…”
Commerce allow the trade communities to submit comments before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on August 10, 2020 |
The detail of the scope can be found here:
https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/USDHSCBP-296e1cc?wgt_ref=USDHSCBP_WIDGET_2