Business & Commerce

#52026XC03320EU notice on expiry of countervailing duties for stainless steel imports

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🇬🇧 English

The EU signals that countervailing duties on stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from India and Indonesia will expire on 17 March 2027 unless an expiry review is requested and opened. EU producers who want the duties to continue must submit a written review request to the European Commission no later than three months before that expiry date. The request must show evidence that ending the duties would likely lead to continued or renewed subsidised imports and harm to EU industry.

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Key Changes

  • Countervailing duties on stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from India and Indonesia are scheduled to expire on 17 March 2027.
  • EU producers may request an expiry review to keep the measures in place.
  • Any review request must reach the European Commission no later than three months before the expiry date.

Obligations

What this law requires

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Union producers seeking continuation of the countervailing duties on stainless steel cold-rolled flat products from India and Indonesia must submit a written request for an expiry review to the European Commission, Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security, Unit G-1, before the statutory deadline.

Union producers of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products
No later than three months before the measures expire on 17 March 2027
reporting
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The expiry review request must contain sufficient evidence that expiry of the countervailing measures would likely result in continuation or recurrence of subsidisation and injury to Union industry.

Union producers requesting an expiry review
Submit with the written review request, no later than 17 December 2026
disclosure

Affected Parties

EU stainless steel producersImporters of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products+1 more…

Tags

countervailing duties,stainless steel,trade defence