SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Effective December 19, 2025, the Commission established a general schedule for the conduct of the final phase of its investigations on steel concrete reinforcing bar (or “rebar”) from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam (90 FR 61166, December 30, 2025) following a preliminary determination by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) that imports of rebar from Algeria were being sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”). Commerce's preliminary determinations with respect to rebar from Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and with respect to rebar alleged to be subsidized by the Governments of Algeria, Egypt, and Vietnam were pending at that time. Notice of the scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal Register on December 30, 2025 (90 FR 61166). All persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.

On March 6, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register its final affirmative antidumping determination with respect to rebar from Algeria (91 FR 11035, March 6, 2026). On March 27, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register its final affirmative countervailing duty determination with respect to rebar from Algeria (91 FR 14808, March 27, 2026). The Commission subsequently issued its final determinations that an industry in the United States was materially injured by reason of imports of rebar from Algeria that were found by Commerce to be sold in the United States at LTFV (91 FR 21510, April 22, 2026). Because the Office of the United States Trade Representative advised the Commission of its determination that Algeria is not a Subsidies Agreement country (90 FR 34334, July 21, 2025), the Commission closed its countervailing duty investigation in connection with rebar from Algeria (91 FR 29504, May 20, 2026).

On July 30, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register its final affirmative countervailing duty determinations with respect to imports of rebar from Egypt (91 FR 48068) and Vietnam (91 FR 48074) and its final LTFV determinations with respect to imports of rebar from Bulgaria (91 FR 48084), Egypt (91 FR 48066), and Vietnam (91 FR 48063). Accordingly, the Commission currently is issuing a supplemental schedule for the final phase of its investigations on imports of rebar from Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam.

This supplemental schedule is as follows: the deadline for filing supplemental party comments on Commerce's final antidumping/countervailing duty determinations is 5:15 p.m. on August 12, 2026. Supplemental party comments may address only Commerce's final determinations regarding imports of rebar from Bulgaria, Egypt, and Vietnam. These supplemental final comments may not contain new factual information and may not exceed five (5) pages in length. The supplemental staff report in the final phase of this proceeding will be placed in the nonpublic record on August 19, 2026, and a public version will be issued thereafter.

For further information concerning this proceeding see the Commission's notice cited above and the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).

Additional written submissions to the Commission, including requests pursuant to section 201.12 of the Commission's rules, shall not be accepted unless good cause is shown for accepting such submissions, or unless the submission is pursuant to a specific request by a Commissioner or Commission staff.

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) and 207.3 of the Commission's rules, each document filed by a party to the proceeding must be served on all other parties to the proceeding (as identified by either the public or BPI service list), and a certificate of service must be timely filed. The Secretary will not accept a document for filing without a certificate of service.

Please note the Secretary's Office will accept only electronic filings during this time. Filings must be made through the Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice.

Authority: This proceeding is being conducted under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to section 207.21 of the Commission's rules.

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