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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
29 May 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 474/2026
European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in Chinese Mainland
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 140/2022 of 17 February 2022, the European Commission published notice C/2026/2827 on 29 May 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202602827.
2.The product concerned is certain fasteners of iron or steel, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers, currently classified under CN codes 7318 12 90, 7318 14 91, 7318 14 99, 7318 15 58, 7318 15 68, 7318 15 82, 7318 15 88, ex 7318 15 95 (TARIC codes 7318 15 95 19 and 7318 15 95 89), ex 7318 21 00 (TARIC codes 7318 21 00 31, 7318 21 00 39, 7318 21 00 95 and 7318 21 00 98) and ex 7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318 22 00 31, 7318 22 00 39, 7318 22 00 95 and 7318 22 00 98). 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 February 2027.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 18 February 2022. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 86.5% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 22.1% to 48.8%).
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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