On October 10, 2025, Brazil's Secretariat of Foreign Trade (SECEX) initiated an anti-dumping (AD) investigation on imports of high-carbon steel wire originating in Egypt, Spain, and Malaysia, following a request from local producer Belgo Bekaert Arames Ltda.

The period of the investigation is from October 2023 to September 2024, and the injury analysis period spans from October 2019 to September 2024.

The affected products are high-carbon, high-strength, circular-section steel wires, cold-worked by drawing, with a smooth or notched surface, with low or normal relaxation, under tariff codes 7217.10.19 and 7217.10.90 of the Mercosur Common Nomenclature (NCM).