On 8 August 2024, the European Commission (EC) issued a Notice of Initiation of an Anti-Dumping Investigation (ADI) against certain hot-rolled steel products originating from Egypt, India, Japan and Vietnam, imported into the European Union (EU). Some information about the case is as follows:

I. Relevant information

1. Date of initiation of investigation: 08/08/2024

2. Item under investigation: Hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel

HS code: 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC codes 7226 19 10 91, 7226 19 10 95), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99

3. Plaintiff: the European Steel Association

4. Period of investigation: 

- The anti-dumping investigation period is from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024

- The injury investigation period is from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2024.

4. Preliminary findings: 

On April 7, 2025, the European Commission (EC) issued a notice imposing provisional anti-dumping measures on certain hot-rolled steel products imported from Egypt, Japan, and Vietnam into the European Union (EU) market. 

- Based on business data and the implementation of regulatory adjustments, the EC concluded that the preliminary dumping margin for Vietnamese businesses is from 0% to 12.1%. 

- The EC concluded preliminarily that the EU hot-rolled coil industry has suffered material injury, as measured by market share, price impact, profits, investment and employment.

- Regarding the plaintiff's allegation that the Government's export tax policy has reduced the prices of iron ore and coal - input materials for the production of hot-rolled steel (accounting for 30-40% and 26-39% of the cost of producing hot-rolled steel, respectively), creating an advantage for dumped export goods to the EU, the EC preliminarily concluded that there was insufficient evidence for this allegation.

II. Case calendar 

The case documents are attached below: