Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-580-891] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that POSCO and POSCO International Corporation (PIC) (collectively, POSCO), a producer and exporter of carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from the Republic of Korea (Korea), did not sell subject merchandise in the United States at prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. We invite all interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable August 13, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2316. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 21, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register the antidumping duty order on wire rod from Korea. [ 1 ] On April 8, 2019, Commerce revoked, in part, the Order with respect to grade 1078 and higher tire cord quality wire rod used in the production of tire cord wire. [ 2 ] On June 13, 2019, Commerce revoked, in part, the Order with respect to valve spring quality wire rod. [ 3 ] On June 25, 2025, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i) , we initiated this review identifying POSCO as the sole producer and export…