Posted on 14 Jan 2026
US domestic rebar prices have moved higher after the latest domestic mill price hikes, strong January scrap activity, tight supply and thin imports, Kallanish hears from market participants.
Spot pricing for US domestic #4 rebar in 20-foot sticks increased to a new range of $920-970/short ton, compared with $890-930/st last week. This is the highest level since May 2023.
Kallanish's US import rebar price assessment on a delivered duty paid basis at Gulf of Mexico docks has increased month-on-month to a new range of $900-930/st, from the previous range of $880-910/st.
US rebar prices draw support from recent hikes by Nucor, CMC and Gerdau Long Steel North America of $30/st (see Kallanish 13 January).
Domestic ferrous scrap markets tightened in the first full trading week of the year as winter weather, holiday-related disruptions, and controlled inventories limited supply. Mills re-entered to restock, pushing January settlements sharply higher, with obsolete grades up $30/gross ton across most regions due to scarce collection and reduced shredder feed (see Kallanish 13 January).
This combination of factors has created a volatile rebar pricing dynamic.
"Domestic rebar pricing held firm before CMC implemented a $30/st increase, immediately following January scrap settlements," states a rebar trader. "Spot pricing remains near multi-year highs, supported by tight domestic availability, limited import replenishment and rising raw material costs."
"Import levels [for rebar] started at a minimum of $46/hundredweight ($920/st) this week," states a rebar importer.
Along the US Gulf Coast region, some importers have become extremely selective in taking imports due to tariff uncertainty and dumping duties.
"We are not shipping any rebar from Mexico anymore due to the 50% tariff and 32% dumping duties," adds the rebar trader.
This follows preliminary decisions by the US Department of Commerce that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of rebar from Egypt, Vietnam and Algeria. Commerce preliminarily calculated all-others subsidy rates of 29.51% for Egypt, 1.08% for Vietnam and 72.94% for Algeria (see Kallanish 13 January).
“Imports [of rebar] are marching to their beat,” states a southeastern fabricator. “The trade is nervous about final results of multiple antidumping duty orders.”
Source:Kallanish
