According to the result of an expiry review issued in the official journal of the European Union on October 27, 2022, the EU decided to continue to impose a definitive anti-dumping (AD) duty on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in China and Russia, at duty rates ranging from 19.7% to 22.1% for China and 18.7% to 36.1% for Russia.

The products involved are under CN codes ex 7209 15 00 (TARIC code 7209 15 00 90), 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91, ex 7209 18 99 (TARIC code 7209 18 99 90), ex 7209 25 00 (TARIC code 7209 25 00 90), 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90, 7209 28 90, 7211 23 30, ex 7211 23 80 (TARIC codes 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95 and 7211 23 80 99), ex 7211 29 00 (TARIC codes 7211 29 00 19 and 7211 29 00 99), 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00.

The expiry review was initiated on August 3, 2021, following a request lodged by the European Steel Association (EUROFER) on May 3, 2021. The applicant claimed that the expiry of the existing AD measures would be likely to lead to the recurrence of dumping and the continuation or recurrence of injury to the EU industry.