The EU makes its first anti-dumping sunset review final ruling on corrosion-resistant steel in China

On March 11, 2024, the European Commission announced that it had made its first anti-dumping sunset review final ruling on corrosion-resistant steel originating in China. It ruled that if the anti-dumping measures were lifted, the dumping of the involved products and the damage caused by the dumping to the EU industry would continue or reoccur. Therefore, it decided to continue to maintain the anti-dumping duty on the involved products in China SPH440 steel, with an anti-dumping duty rate of 17.2% to 27.9%, The specific tax rates are shown in the table below. This case involves EU CN (Combined Nomenclature) codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00 Products under ex 7226 99 30 and ex 7226 99 70 (EU TARIC codes 7210 41 00 20, 7210 49 00 20, 7210 61 00 20, 7210 69 00 20, 7212 30 00 20, 7212 50 61 20, 7212 50 69 20, 7225 92 00 20, 7225 99 00 22, 7225 99 00 92, 7226 99 30 10, and 7226 99 70 94). The dumping investigation period in this case is from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, and the injury investigation period is from January 1, 2019 to the end of the dumping investigation period.

On December 9, 2016, the European Commission launched an anti-dumping investigation into SPH440 steel corrosion-resistant steel originating in China. On February 8, 2018, the European Commission made a final affirmative anti-dumping ruling on corrosion-resistant steel originating from China. On February 8, 2023, the European Commission launched its first anti-dumping sunset review investigation into corrosion-resistant steel SPH440 steel originating in China.