The EU decided to launch an anti-dumping (AD) investigation on certain iron or steel fasteners originating in China, based on a complaint lodged by the European Industrial Fasteners Institute on November 6, 2020.
The products involved are 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.
The period of the dumping and injury investigation is from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020, and the injury analysis and assessment period is from January 1, 2017 to the end of the investigation period.
The subject goods are 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).