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 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 Manufacturers 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%, while imports from Japan will be subject to a significantly higher rate of 28.0%. 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 in Vietnam and other cooperating or non-cooperating Vietnamese exporters will be subject to a single final duty of 16.0%.
For Turkey, the Commission proposed to impose a duty of 9.7% for Borçelik Çelik Sanayi Ticaret A.
Ş. And a rate of 5.6% for Tatmetal Çelik Sanayi ve in respect of a specific company. Other Turkish producers cooperating with Ticaret A.
Ş. will be subject to a duty of 7.3%, while the rate applicable to all other Turkish exporters will be 9.7%.
The imports in question increase a significant share of the EU market.
The Commission found that the combined volume of imports from Turkey's five exporting countries and the number of sources studied increased by 28 percent compared to 2022, reaching approximately 1.69 million tons during the study period. As a result, their combined share in the EU free market increased from 16% to 23%, despite a slight decrease from 24% recorded in 2024.
During the same period, the average price of the studied imports decreased by 34% to 695 euros per ton, while depending on the country, the decrease ranged from 30 percent to 43 percent. The Commission estimated that the reduction in price margin will 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 goods at low prices