EU anti-dumping duty on Chinese fasteners: rates, scope and the 2027 expiry

Bottom line

The measure, and the chain that amends it

One instrument sets the rates; a series of amending regulations changes who is in the Annex. Reading one without the other is how a listed producer ends up quoted at the residual rate.

The instrument is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/191, published on 17 February 2022 and in force from 18 February 2022 [1][6]. EUR-Lex currently shows a consolidated version dated 11 August 2026 [2][3]. That date is the newest consolidated text, and — this is the point of the whole section — it is not the newest law.

The markers are the ones printed in the amendment table of the consolidated text [2]; that table is where the M numbers come from. (EU) 2026/2089 is registered on EUR-Lex as amending (EU) 2022/191 and has been in force since 22 September 2026 [5][10], but EUR-Lex has not generated a consolidated version since 11 August 2026 [3], so the new entry carries no marker. Do not cite it as “M11”: that number is an inference from the sequence, not a printed fact.

Rates: five tiers, set by who made the goods

The rate follows the producer, not the CN code, not the importer and not the trade term. Article 1(2) has carried the same five rates since 2022; what changes is the Annex [1][2].

Product scope: what is inside, and what is not

Scope is fixed by a written product description. The regulation says in terms that the CN and TARIC codes are given for information only, so a code change is not a scope change [1][2].

Describing the goods precisely is what makes any of this checkable: head form, thread, material and whether the item is a screw, a bolt or a washer decide which limb of the description it meets. The DIN 933 dimension tables are one example of the level of description a declarant needs, and the same test applies to a washer or a self-tapping screw.

Expiry on 18 February 2027: conditional, and how the clock runs

Three different dates are usually collapsed into one sentence. Keep them apart: the date the notice announces, the date by which a review must be requested, and the date the duty would actually stop.

The notice states that, unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure it sets out, the measures will expire on the date in its table [7]. Expiry is therefore the default, not an automatic outcome, and the trigger is a request lodged no later than three months before that date — that is, by 18 November 2026 [7].

(EU) 2022/191 contains no expiry clause of its own. The five-year rule and the review machinery come from Article 11(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 [8]. The same article requires a separate notice announcing the actual expiry, so a date in a table is not by itself the end of the measure [8].

If a review is initiated, Article 11(2) keeps the measure in force while it runs [8], and Article 11(5) sets the timetable: a review is normally concluded within 12 months of initiation and in all cases within 15 [9]. A review opened in the last quarter of 2026 would therefore carry the duty into 2028 on the statutory maximum.

How to check your position — six steps

1. Establish the origin. The measure applies to goods originating in China [1]. Origin is a customs determination, not a field on the supplier’s invoice. Goods produced elsewhere are outside this instrument, though another country’s measures may apply to them.
2. Test the goods against the description before the code. Start with the Article 1(1) description and its exclusions — stainless steel, coach screws, railway track material — then check the CN and TARIC codes, which the regulation describes as information only [1][2]. Where to check: Article 1(1) of the consolidated text and the TARIC measure for the code.
3. Match the producer’s full legal name against the Annex. A cooperating producer that is listed pays 39.6%; a producer that is not listed pays 86.5% [1][2]. Because the consolidated text stops at 11 August 2026 [3], read the later amending regulations as well: (EU) 2026/1926 [4] and (EU) 2026/2089 [5].
4. Check the invoice and the declaration. An individual rate requires a valid commercial invoice carrying the declaration Article 1(3) prescribes, and the TARIC additional code has to match the producer [1]. Without that invoice the residual rate applies [1].
5. Confirm the measure on the day of declaration. This page states what the regulations say, not what a customs system will display on a given morning. Where to check: the TARIC measure and Access2Markets on the date the declaration is lodged.
6. Diarise both dates. 18 November 2026 for a review request, 18 February 2027 for the expiry date in the notice [7]. A purchase order placed before the first date and landed after the second can still attract duty if a review is initiated.

Common misreadings

Each claim circulates in summaries of the measure. The right-hand column is what the text says.

What we could not confirm

Open items from the source review, as of 2026-10-19. None of them is stated as a fact anywhere on this page, and no figures are quoted for them.

• Whether an expiry review will be requested by 18 November 2026, or initiated by the Commission on its own initiative. UNKNOWN. The page therefore sets out the mechanism and not an outcome.
• Which rate applies to a named producer, including any particular Chinese producer. UNKNOWN by design: that is a check against the Annex and the amending regulations by exact legal name [2][4][5], and this page publishes no producer’s status.
• The rate TARIC will show on the day of a given declaration, and whether code 88FN has been loaded into it. Not verified for 2026-10-19.
• The marker (EU) 2026/2089 will carry once a new consolidated text is generated. UNKNOWN. “M11” is an inference from the sequence, not a printed fact.
• Whether the two spellings of the September 2026 entrant refer to one legal person — the recital writes “Suzhou Carrey Intelligent Manufacturing (Jiashan) Co., Ltd.” and the Annex entry writes “Carrey Intelligent Manufacturing (Jiashan) Co., Ltd.” [5]. UNKNOWN; the regulation does not explain the difference, so try both names.
• Whether an industry-specific exclusion exists for aerospace or defence fasteners. UNKNOWN. None appears in Article 1(1) or in the recitals read for this page, but the text was not searched exhaustively for one.
• The individual content of M1 to M8. PARTIAL: the amendment table and the amendment markers in the consolidated text were read [2]; each amending regulation was not opened.
• Whether other reviews or anti-circumvention investigations concerning fasteners are pending. UNKNOWN. Not established for this page.
• The Article 13 anti-circumvention rules, and therefore any answer to “can the goods be routed through a third country”. Not read.

Sources

Official sources only, all on EUR-Lex, all level A. Each was opened and read on 2026-10-12 in the verification pass behind this page; the page is dated 2026-10-19.

Page history

• 2026-10-19 — First published, with rates, scope, the 2027 expiry and the review deadline.

Cite this page

This page explains trade measures for fastener buyers. It is not legal advice; the official instruments linked under Sources govern.