Japan Imposes Definitive Anti-Dumping Duties of 3.6% to 42.1% on Stainless Steel from China and Taiwan for Five Years
Japan's Ministry of Finance announced in Tokyo on October 27 that the Cabinet has enacted an order imposing definitive anti-dumping duties on nickel-added cold-rolled stainless steel coil, sheet and strip originating in or exported from China and Taiwan, at rates of 3.6% to 42.1%, the same as the provisional rates. The order will be made public on October 30, and the duties will apply from October 31, 2026 to October 30, 2031, a period of five years.
The ministry said the decision followed an application by Japanese industry. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry have investigated since July 22, 2025, and confirmed both the importation of dumped products and material injury to the domestic industry, finding it necessary to protect that industry. Provisional duties at the same rates have been in place since July 9, 2026. On October 19, the Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions reported that imposing definitive duties was appropriate.
The product concerned is an alloy steel containing 10.5% or more chromium and more than 0.6% nickel, combining corrosion resistance with the functionality of steel, and used in fields ranging from tableware and other daily goods to railway carriages and other industrial products. The ministry says anti-dumping duties are additional customs duties, capped at the dumping margin, imposed to protect domestic industries against imports sold below normal value, and are permitted under the WTO Agreements.
The ministry noted that the measure excludes the Hong Kong and Macao regions. The product scope follows the investigation notices issued by the two ministries.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 工厂内堆放的钢卷库存（资料图）。Shandong Mingtong Metal Manufacturing 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Steel coil inventory in a factory (file photo). Photo by Shandong Mingtong Metal Manufacturing, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
