According to the European Union's General Final Disclosure Document on November 16, 2021, the EU will impose an anti-dumping duty of 23.9%-89.8% on steel fasteners originating in the People's Republic of China.

The products involved in the case include: steel fasteners (except stainless steel), namely: wood screws (except lag screws), self-tapping screws, other head screws and bolts (with or without nuts or washers, but not for fixing Screws and bolts for railway track building materials) and washers.

The HS code involved:

CN codes 7318 12 90, 7318 14 91, 7318 14 99, 731815 58, 7318 15 68, 7318 15 82, 7318 15 88, ex 7318 15 95 (TARIC codes 7318 1595 19 and 7318 15 95 89), ex 7318 21 00 (TARIC codes 7318 21 00 31, 7318 21 0039, 7318 21 00 95 and 7318 21 00 98) and ex7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318 22 00 31, 7318 22 00 39, 7318 22 00 95 and 7318 2200 98).

Please notice that: according to EU customs statistics, mainland China is the European Union's largest source of imported fasteners. In 2020, the number of fasteners exported from mainland China to the EU reached 643,308 tons, with an export value of 1,125,522,464 euros.