Imports of certain product groups — plate products rolled in plate mills, products known as 'pos-mac', and certain unpainted products with a zinc coating ratio below 90% — require submission of a Producer/Exporter Certificate. These categories are treated as out-of-scope rather than subject to the AD rate.

Industrial Registration Certificate (>1,620 mm width)

Products exceeding 1,620 mm width are subject to an additional Industrial Registration Certificate requirement as a condition of import.

Downstream sectors — supply-chain propagation

2sectors reached via adjacency, not directly targeted

aerospace1.5

defence1.5

Downstream-affected countries

12sector × concentration, not directly targeted

🇺🇸 USaerospace1.46

🇪🇺 EUaerospace0.63

🇷🇺 RUdefence0.15

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🇯🇵 JPmanufacturing0.12

ETF cross-impact

31sector-exposure-weighted

ITAdefence2.10

XMEsteel-aluminum1.65

PAVEsteel-aluminum1.65

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PICKsteel-aluminum1.35

SLXcurator-named1.20

VNMmanufacturing0.75

SMINmanufacturing0.75

EWWmanufacturing0.60

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Türkiye Communiqué No. 2024/33 — Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties on Hot-Rolled Flat Steel from China, India, Japan and Russia (6.10%–43.31% CIF, 5-year term)↩ responds tosev 3

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Western and allied industrial-policy stack

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Türkiye's Ministry of Trade published Communiqué No. 2026/17 in Resmî Gazete No. 33282 on 16 June 2026, imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of cold-rolled flat steel (excluding non-annealed), galvanized flat steel, and pre-painted flat steel originating in the People's Republic of China and South Korea, covering products under GTIP codes 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7225, and 7226. The investigation — initiated under Communiqué No. 2024/41 of 25 December 2024 — found that dumped imports from both countries were causing material injury to domestic producers. Duty rates for Chinese exporters range from 22.37% (Angang Steel) to 32.40% (all-others CIF); South Korean rates range from 10.48% (POSCO) to 27.00% (all-others). The measure runs for five years from the date of publication, under Law No. 3577 on Prevention of Unfair Competition in Imports.

Analyst notesShow

Mechanism

Communiqué No. 2026/17 is the definitive conclusion of the anti-dumping investigation initiated on 25 December 2024 under Communiqué No. 2024/41. The Ministry of Trade's Directorate General of Imports (İthalat Genel Müdürlüğü) conducted injury and dumping margin calculations for each named exporter, with residual "all-others" rates applied to non-cooperating or unsampled producers.

Per-exporter duty rates (CIF basis):

Country	Exporter	Rate
China	Angang Steel	22.37%
China	Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel)	28.88%
China	Other specified companies	27.68%
China	All others	32.40%
South Korea	POSCO	10.48%
South Korea	DK Dongshin	14.24%
South Korea	All others	27.00%

Product scope (GTIP codes 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7225, 7226):

Cold-rolled flat steel (excluding non-annealed / HR-annealed products)
Galvanized / hot-dip galvanized (HDG) flat steel
Pre-painted / pre-coated (PPGI) flat steel

Legal basis is Law No. 3577 (İthalatta Haksız Rekabetin Önlenmesi Hakkında Kanun) and its implementing regulations. The five-year clock starts 16 June 2026 (sunset 16 June 2031), subject to expiry (sunset) review.

Downstream implications

Extends Türkiye's sustained 2024–26 carbon-flat-steel protection drive to coated and coil-processed products. The prior 2024/33 action covered hot-rolled coil (HRC) from four countries (China, India, Japan, Russia); this 2026/17 action adds the downstream value chain (CRC → galvanized → pre-painted) and introduces South Korea as a new target.
Türkiye sits inside the EU customs union for industrial goods: AD duties on Chinese/Korean flat-steel imports into Türkiye reduce diversion risk from EU safeguard/CBAM pressure, but also raise input costs for Turkish automakers, white-goods manufacturers, and construction-steel processors who rely on coated imports.
POSCO's preferential rate (10.48%) gives Korean material a significant price advantage over the Chinese residual (32.40%), likely shifting Turkish coated-steel sourcing from China toward Korean mills over the five-year period — unless POSCO supply is constrained by other remedies.
The investigation finding of material injury by the domestic industry reflects continued lobbying by integrated Turkish mills (Erdemir, Tosçelik, Habaş, Borçelik) against competitively priced Chinese coated products.

Open questions

Actual duty collection by Zakat/Customs (ZB) — monitor for provisional suspension or suspension-pending-appeal which can delay effective price impact.
Whether domestic downstream industries (automotive, appliances) seek exemption applications or lobby for rate review at interim-review stage.
How POSCO structures its Turkish sales given the 10.48% rate — watch for KR→TR trade diversion from the Chinese HDG/PPGI volumes lost.

Sources

Primary: Resmî Gazete No. 33282 — İthalatta Haksız Rekabetin Önlenmesine İlişkin Tebliğ No: 2026/17 (16 June 2026)

Secondary: SteelRadar — Türkiye introduced anti-dumping duties on flat steel imports from China and South Korea

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Mechanism

Per-exporter duty rates (CIF basis):

Country	Exporter	Rate
China	Angang Steel	22.37%
China	Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel)	28.88%
China	Other specified companies	27.68%
China	All others	32.40%
South Korea	POSCO	10.48%
South Korea	DK Dongshin	14.24%
South Korea	All others	27.00%

Product scope (GTIP codes 7209, 7210, 7211, 7212, 7225, 7226):

Cold-rolled flat steel (excluding non-annealed / HR-annealed products)

Galvanized / hot-dip galvanized (HDG) flat steel

Pre-painted / pre-coated (PPGI) flat steel

Downstream implications

Extends Türkiye's sustained 2024–26 carbon-flat-steel protection drive to coated and coil-processed products. The prior 2024/33 action covered hot-rolled coil (HRC) from four countries (China, India, Japan, Russia); this 2026/17 action adds the downstream value chain (CRC → galvanized → pre-painted) and introduces South Korea as a new target.

Türkiye sits inside the EU customs union for industrial goods: AD duties on Chinese/Korean flat-steel imports into Türkiye reduce diversion risk from EU safeguard/CBAM pressure, but also raise input costs for Turkish automakers, white-goods manufacturers, and construction-steel processors who rely on coated imports.

POSCO's preferential rate (10.48%) gives Korean material a significant price advantage over the Chinese residual (32.40%), likely shifting Turkish coated-steel sourcing from China toward Korean mills over the five-year period — unless POSCO supply is constrained by other remedies.

The investigation finding of material injury by the domestic industry reflects continued lobbying by integrated Turkish mills (Erdemir, Tosçelik, Habaş, Borçelik) against competitively priced Chinese coated products.

Open questions

Actual duty collection by Zakat/Customs (ZB) — monitor for provisional suspension or suspension-pending-appeal which can delay effective price impact.

Whether domestic downstream industries (automotive, appliances) seek exemption applications or lobby for rate review at interim-review stage.

How POSCO structures its Turkish sales given the 10.48% rate — watch for KR→TR trade diversion from the Chinese HDG/PPGI volumes lost.