The EU has announced final anti-dumping duties on flat rolled products from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam.

The European Commission has released its final findings on an anti-dumping investigation into imports of certain types of cold-rolled flat products from India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam, proposing to set final duties in the range of 5.6% to 28.0% and rejecting the retroactive imposition of duties in the absence of legal grounds. requirements.

The investigation, which covered the period from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, was launched on September 18, 2025, following a complaint filed by the European Steel Association EUROFER on behalf of manufacturers of cold-rolled flat products in the EU. As SteelOrbis previously reported, subsequently, in December 2025, the Commission introduced mandatory registration for the relevant imports, which allowed it to consider whether any final measures should be taken retroactively.

Exporters face duties of 5.6-28.0%

According to the Commission, the proposed final anti-dumping duty on imports of Indian cold-rolled flat products is 9.5 percent, while imports from Japan will be subject to a significantly higher rate of 28.0 percent. As for Taiwan, the proposed duties amount to 20.7 percent for China Steel Corporation, Chung Hung Steel Corporation and other cooperating exporters, as well as 27.0 percent for all other Taiwanese companies.

The Vietnamese manufacturer POSCO Vietnam and other cooperating or non-cooperating Vietnamese exporters will be subject to a single final duty in the amount of 16,0%..

As for Turkey, the Commission proposed to impose a duty of 9.7% for a specific company Borçelik Çelik Sanayi Ticaret A.

Ş. and a 5.6% rate for Tatmetal Çelik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.

Ş. Other cooperating Turkish producers will face a duty of 7.3%, while the rate applied to all other Turkish exporters will be 9.7%. Other cooperating Turkish companies registered by the commission include the following Erdemir groups, including Demir Celik Fabrikaları T. A. Ş. and Erdemir Celik Service Center Sanayi Ve Tijaret A. S., as well as Celik Atakash, andYildiz Entegre Ağaç Sanayi Ve Tijaret A. S. and Gasified metal.

import investigation to gain significant market share ЕС

The Commission found that the combined volume of imports from the five countries studied increased by 28 percent compared to 2022, reaching approximately 1.69 million tons during the investigation period. Thus, their combined share in the EU free market increased from 16% to 23%, despite a slight decrease from 24% recorded in 2012. 2024.

During the same period, the average price of the studied imports It decreased by 34 percent to 695 euros per ton, and depending on the country, the decrease ranged from 30 to 43 percent. The Commission estimated that the price reduction margin would be 11.0% for India, 12.6% for Japan, 9.2% for Taiwan, 5.1-13.4% for Turkey and 10.7% for Vietnam.

According to the European Commission, this growing volume of imports of low-price goods has had a significant impact on The downward pressure on the EU market has prevented European manufacturers from maintaining their selling prices. While consumption in the EU free market decreased by ten percent, the industry's sales in the EU fell by 15 percent, and its market share declined from 70 percent in 2022 to 66 percent during the investigation period. The Commission also found a significant decrease in profitability, cash flow and return on investment, concluding that the production of cold-rolled flat products in the EU has suffered. material damage directly related to dumped imports.

The European Commission recognizes the material damage, but rejects retroactive пошлины

However, the Commission rejected EUROFER's request for retroactive collection of final duties on imports registered from December 2025. It stated that retroactive recovery in accordance with the relevant EU legislation is inextricably linked to the previous introduction of temporary measures. Since no temporary duties were imposed during the current investigation, the Commission concluded that the legal conditions necessary for the application of anti-dumping duties retroactively had not been met.

Goods that are being investigated for anti-dumping duties fall under the items of customs and tariff statistics, for example 7209 15 00, 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91, former 7209 18 99, former 7209 25 00, 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90, 7209 28 90, 7211 23 30, former 7211 23 80, former 7211 29 00, 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00.