The European Commission has revised downward the anti-dumping (AD) duties to be imposed on Turkish cold-rolled coil (CRC) in November, sources told Fastmarkets on Monday October 26. No impact on the market is expected beyond what has already been observed, with import volumes down and local prices up.
In a document dated October 16, seen by Fastmarkets, the European Commission said it will decrease the initially announced AD duties on imported Turkish CRC by 1.9-2.6 percentage points, depending on the producer.
Thus, the AD duty for CRC produced by Borçelik will be 7.8%, compared with 9.7% before the revision. The AD duty for Tatmetal will be 3%, down from the initially announced 5.6%. The revised AD duty for the companies from the Erdemir group will be 4.9%, compared with 7.3% before the revision. The AD duty for all other Turkish exporters will be 7.8%, compared with the initially announced 9.7%.
The Commission received claims from the Turkish steel producers Tatmetal and Borçelik requesting a revision of the current AD duties. The two companies cited incorrect inflation adjustment assumptions about Turkey, a clerical error in the calculation of CIF values in some transactions, incorrect calculation of ex-works price levels and an error in the calculation of freight costs.
The Commission found all these concerns justified and decided to revise the AD duties announced in August, the document said. The new duties will enter into force after their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Definitive AD duties on CRC apply to five origins
According to the August 2026 decision, AD duties should be imposed on imported CRC from five origins: India, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey and Vietnam. This step followed a 10-month investigation, initiated in September 2025 after a complaint by the European steel association Eurofer, which said dumped CRC imports were detrimental to the EU steel industry.
According to Eurofer data, combined CRC imports from these five territories accounted for 56.7%, or 1.5 million tonnes, of a total of 2.7 million tonnes of CRC imports into the EU in 2023. In 2024, the share was higher at 65.2% (1.9 million tonnes) out of a total of 3 million tonnes. Turkey alone recorded a 79% year-on-year increase in 2024, to 412,622 tonnes from 230,313 tonnes in 2023.
The Commission said lower-priced imports pressured EU producers’ prices, market share and profitability.
“The revision of the AD duties for Turkish imported CRC will not make any difference for the European market,” a producer source told Fastmarkets, implying that the correction of the duty levels was insignificant.
“With limited supplies from imports, CRC [market] in Europe will stay strong,” a trader source told Fastmarkets. They added that currently India, Japan and Brazil were not actively offering CRC in the European market, with Turkey remaining the main option for imports.
Recent European Commission data also showed that, due to the uncertainties surrounding the trade defense measures, the fourth quarter quotas for imported CRC to the EU were largely untouched.
Fastmarkets data also shows that, despite some fluctuations, the price for domestic CRC increased year on year.
For example, the average monthly price for steel cold-rolled coil domestic, exw, Northern Europe was €867.50 ($967.18) per tonne in October 2026, compared with €674 per tonne in October 2025.
