The European Union’s Court of Justice has dismissed appeals by Turkish steel producers Colakoglu Metalurji and Erdemir challenging the EU’s definitive anti-dumping measures on certain hot-rolled (HR) flat steel products from Turkey.
The rulings, issued on September 3, 2026, upheld earlier judgments by the EU General Court, which had rejected challenges by both producers against the European Commission’s 2021 anti-dumping regulation. The regulation imposed definitive duties on Turkish hot-rolled flat steel imports.
Under the measure, anti-dumping duties were set at 7.3 pct for Colakoglu Metalurji, 5 pct for Erdemir, 4.7 pct for Habas, and 5.7 pct for Agir Haddecilik and Borcelik.
In the Colakoglu case, the dispute mainly concerned adjustments made by the Commission to export prices, including the treatment of related trading company Colakoglu Dis Ticaret. Colakoglu argued that the two companies formed a single economic entity and that the trading company functioned as an internal sales department rather than an agent working on a commission basis. The Court rejected the arguments and upheld the Commission’s approach.
Erdemir’s appeal concerned several aspects of the dumping calculation, including the determination of normal value, currency conversions and hedging gains and losses, as well as the treatment of selling, general and administrative costs and information provided during the investigation.
The Court dismissed both appeals, effectively leaving the existing anti-dumping measures applicable to the two Turkish producers unchanged.