On 27th March the European Commission published Implementing Regulation 2015/519, which confirms the findings of its Expiry Review and extends anti-dumping duties on certain steel fasteners originating in the People's Republic of China or consigned from Malaysia for up to a further five years.

    Regulation 2015/519 confirms: "A definitive anti-dumping duty is hereby imposed on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws turned from bars, rods, profiles or wire, of solid section, of a shank thickness not exceeding 6mm and excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers, currently falling within CN codes 7318 12 90, 7318 14 91, 7318 14 99, 7318 15 59, 7318 15 69, 7318 15 81, 7318 15 89, ex 7318 15 90, ex 7318 21 00 and ex 7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318 15 90 21, 7318 15 90 29, 7318 15 90 71, 7318 15 90 79, 7318 15 90 91, 7318 15 90 98, 7318 21 00 31, 7318 21 00 39, 7318 21 00 95, 7318 21 00 98, 7318 22 00 31, 7318 22 00 39, 7318 22 00 95 and 7318 22 00 98) and originating in the People's Republic of China."

    With the exception of ten exporters located in China, which obtained individual treatment and have, therefore, specific levels of duty ranging from zero to 69.7%, the level of anti-dumping duty applicable to the defined products imported from China is 74.1%.

    The same level of anti-dumping duty is applied to imports of the cited products from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in that country or not, with the exception of those produced by eight specified companies, which obtained an exemption from the duties as a result of the circumvention investigation concluded in 2011 or, in one case, a partial interim review concluded subsequently.