The European non-integrated wire rod processors association EUNIRPA has stated that the picture of the current market as depicted by steel producers is not correct at all. “Several EU steel producers claim that there is an excess of wire rod in the market, but in each and every country that we visit we hear the same complaint: we cannot find the tonnages that we need in Europe,” said Kris Van Ginderdeuren, the president and spokesperson of the association.
EUNIRPA, now represented in eight countries, was established in July this year with the aim of fighting against the threat of antidumping actions against import of wire rod from neighboring countries to the EU and the possible anti-competitive behavior of EU producers.