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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
27 January 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 715/2021 of 15 October 2021, the European Commission published notice C/2026/532 on 27 January 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of wire rod originating in Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202600532.
2.The product concerned is bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron, non-alloy steel or alloy steel other than of stainless steel, currently falling under CN codes 7213 10 00, 7213 20 00, 7213 91 10, 7213 91 20, 7213 91 41, 7213 91 49, 7213 91 70, 7213 91 90, 7213 99 10, 7213 99 90, 7227 10 00, 7227 20 00, 7227 90 10, 7227 90 50 and 7227 90 95. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 14 October 2026.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 14 October 2021. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 24.0% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one company with an individual duty rate at 7.9%).
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Jenny MOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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