EU member states backed definitive anti-dumping duties on cold-rolled flat steel imports from India, Japan, Türkiye, Vietnam and Taiwan on 29 October. The vote advances the trade-defence case, with 15 states in favour, nine abstentions and three opposed.
The duties will take effect only after the European Commission publishes the relevant implementing regulation in the EU Official Journal. The member states’ vote does not itself set the effective date, and the rates for Turkish exporters remain proposed.
In October, the Commission revised its proposed Turkish rates after challenges to the calculation methodology. The new range is 3.0% to 7.8%, compared with the previous range of 5.6% to 9.7%. The Commission accepted concerns about inflation adjustments, freight costs and differences between production and import-price calculations.
The revised proposed rate is 3.0% for Tatmetal and 7.8% for Borçelik. It is 4.9% for other cooperating companies and 7.8% for other imports originating in Türkiye. An exporter’s effective tariff exposure can depend on company-specific findings as well as country of origin.
EUROFER, the European steel association that lodged the complaint underlying the investigation, filed it in September 2025. The EU did not impose provisional duties during the investigation, so provisional duties will not be collected retroactively.
Trade duties and CBAM are separate measures
The anti-dumping duties address findings of unfair import pricing. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) applies an emissions-related adjustment under a separate legal and calculation framework. The measures are distinct, although both may affect the competitiveness of Turkish steel shipments to Europe.
For EU steel buyers, the duties could increase the cost of importing affected products. The commercial consequences will depend on final tariff rates, sourcing alternatives and contractual arrangements. Additional trade barriers for alternative suppliers could affect sourcing decisions by Serbian steel processors and regional distributors, as well as prices for imported industrial inputs.
Any commercial opportunity for Serbian processors and distributors would also depend on applicable quota treatment, product specifications, production capacity and emissions costs. The implementing regulation remains the step required before the definitive duties take effect.