EC launches expiry review of AD measures on Chinese aluminium extrusions

European Aluminium, an association representing the aluminium sector in Europe, submitted its review request in December last year, after the EC issued a notice in July 2025, announcing the upcoming expiry of AD duties ranging from 21.2% to 32.1% on Chinese aluminium extrusions. These measures had taken effect on March 30 2021, and were due to expire on March 31 this year.

The expiry review will assess whether the removal of the AD measures would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to the EU industry, the notice said. 

Products covered by the review include Chinese aluminium bars, rods, profiles, tubes, and pipes containing no more than 99.3% aluminium.

The investigation is expected to be completed within 12 months, and in any case no later than 15 months from the publication date of the review notice.

The existing AD measures will remain in force throughout the review period and did not lapse at the nominal expiry date, Mysteel Global understands. Under EU trade defence rules, duties are automatically extended when an expiry review is initiated before their expiration, pending the results of the investigation.

The current measures stemmed from an earlier complaint submitted in January 2020 by European Aluminium on behalf of seven EU producers. The complaint said that Chinese exporters were dumping aluminium extrusions in the EU market at unfairly low prices, hurting the domestic industry.

In response to the complaint, the EC launched an AD investigation in February 2020 and imposed definitive AD duties on the products in March 2021.

Written by Iris Pang, pangjunyu@mysteel.com

Edited by Russ McCulloch, russ.mcculloch@mysteel.com