According to an announcement released by the European Commission on September 24, 2021, it has launched an anti-dumping (AD) investigation on electrolytic chromium coated steel (ECCS) products originating in China and Brazil, based on the application filed by the European Steel Association (EUROFER) on August 13, 2021.

The products involved are flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, plated or coated with chromium oxides or with chromium and chromium oxides, under CN codes 7210 50 00 and 7212 50 20.

The period of dumping and injury was from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, and the injury assessment period was from January 1, 2018 to the end of the dumping and injury investigation.