EU Court rejects anti-dumping appeals of Turkish steel companies
The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected appeals filed by companies belonging to the Ciolakoglu and Erdemir groups in connection with an anti-dumping investigation into hot-rolled flat products from Turkey. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has announced its decisions in two cases concerning anti-dumping measures against hot-rolled flat products from Turkey. On September 3, 2026, the Court rejected the appeals filed by Turkish steel companies in cases C-498/24 P and C-499/24 P. By a decree dated July 5, 2021, the European Commission imposed final anti-dumping duties on certain hot-rolled flat products made of cast iron, non-alloy steel and aluminum. Other alloy steel produced in Turkey. In accordance with the resolution, an anti-dumping duty of 7.3% was imposed on Çolakoğlu Metalurji and 5% on Erdemir Group. Duties of 4.7% were applied to Habaş, 5.7% to Ağır Haddecilik and Borçelik, and 7.3% for other Turkish producers.
Çolakoğlu Enterprise and Çolakoğlu Tijaret website, together with Erdemir Group of Companies, appealed the decisions taken in the General Court of Cases brought against the rules in question. By its decisions of September 3, 2026, the Court of General Jurisdiction rejected the appeals and upheld the decisions of the Court of General Jurisdiction. Thus, the previous decision regarding anti-dumping measures against hot-rolled flat products produced in Turkey remained in force. Both cases , , , B were included in the trade policy section of the list of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union dated September 3, 2026. The hearings and announcement of the decisions in these cases were conducted by the Tenth Chamber of the Court. In the official InfoCuria reports of the Court of Justice of the European Union, case C-498/24 P is listed as Cholakoglu Metallurgi and Cholakoglu Dish Tikaret. /The Commission, while case C-499/24 P is listed as Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari and others /The Commission . The Court ruled that Ciolacoglu Metallurgi and Ciolacoglu Dish Tikaret, together with three companies belonging to the Erdemir Group, will bear their own legal costs. The companies will also pay the legal costs incurred by the European Commission during the appeal proceedings. While the court rulings conclude the litigation on cases brought against the 2021 anti-dumping regulations, the administrative process regarding the future of the measures continues separately. According to the statement of the European Steel Manufacturers Association EUROFER, the European Commission initiated a review of the validity period of the anti-dumping regulation on July 6, 2026.dumping measures applied to hot-rolled rolled products produced in Turkey. Despite the fact that the Court's decision ends the litigation concerning the current legislation, will the anti-dumping duties be maintained in the coming period?,