Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Foreign Trade (GAFT) opened an antidumping investigation on November 9 into imports of hot-rolled structural steel sections from China and Turkey. The inquiry covers light and medium sections, including angles, channels and certain H- and I-beams, and follows a complaint by local producer United Steel Company (Saudi Steel).
Official investigation documents show that imports from China and Turkey climbed from 19,149 metric tons in 2022 to 136,667 metric tons in 2025. Imports from other countries fell from 22,233 to 6,487 metric tons. China accounted for about 85% of the products’ total imports in 2025, followed by Turkey at 10.5%.
Saudi Steel, which represents about 71% of domestic production of comparable products, says import competition has put pressure on local prices and profitability and contributed to higher inventories. The company’s market-share index fell 17% between 2022 and 2025, according to its complaint.
GAFT will examine whether prices for Chinese and Turkish products contributed to the difficulties reported by the producer and whether antidumping duties are warranted. No additional measures have been imposed so far. The investigation is expected to be completed within 12 months, with a possible extension to 18 months.
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