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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
22 April 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 390/2026
European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of grain‑oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 65/2022 of 18 January 2022, the European Commission published notice C/2026/2310 on 22 April 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon‑electrical steel originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202602310.
2.The product concerned is grain-oriented flat-rolled products of silicon-electrical steel, of a thickness of more than 0.16 mm, currently falling under CN codes ex 7225 11 00 (TARIC codes 7225 11 00 11, 7225 11 00 15 and 7225 11 00 19) and ex 7226 11 00 (TARIC codes 7226 11 00 12, 7226 11 00 14, 7226 11 00 16, 7226 11 00 92, 7226 11 00 94 and 7226 11 00 96). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 18 January 2027.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 18 January 2022. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 36.6% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 21.5%).
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
* The EU comprises 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
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