(1)

On 28 May 2025, the Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports into the Union of flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel plated or coated with tin (‘tinplated products’) originating in the People’s Republic of China (‘the product concerned’) by the original Regulation.

(2)

In the investigation that led to the original Regulation (‘the original investigation’), sampling was applied for investigating the exporting producers in the People’s Republic of China in accordance with Article 17 of the basic Regulation.

(3)

The Commission imposed individual anti-dumping duty rates ranging from 13,1 % to 46,8 % on imports of the product concerned for the sampled exporting producers from the People’s Republic of China.

(4)

For the cooperating exporting producers that were not included in the sample, based on Article 9(6) of the basic Regulation, a duty rate of 24,6 % was imposed. The cooperating exporting producers not included in the sample are listed in Annex to the original Regulation.

(5)

A country-wide duty rate of 62,3 % was imposed on the product concerned from companies in the People’s Republic of China which did not cooperate with the investigation.

(6)

Under Article 3 of the original Regulation, Article 1(2) of that Regulation can be amended by granting a new exporting producer the duty rate applicable to the cooperating companies not included in the sample, namely the duty rate of 24,6 %, where that new exporting producer in the People’s Republic of China provides sufficient evidence to the Commission of the following:

(7)

On 12 August 2025 Linqing Hengtai Metal Materials Co., Ltd (‘the applicant’) submitted a request to the Commission to be granted new exporting producer treatment (‘NEPT’) and hence be subject to the duty rate applicable to the cooperating companies in China not included in the sample, claiming that it met all three conditions set out in Article 3 of the original Regulation (‘the request’).

(8)

In order to determine whether the applicant fulfilled the conditions for being granted NEPT (‘the NEPT conditions’), the Commission sent a questionnaire to the applicant. In parallel, the Commission informed the Union industry about the applicant’s request and invited it to provide comments.

(9)

On 4 November 2025, the Union industry, represented by Eurofer, submitted the following comments with regard to the applicant’s compliance with the NEPT conditions, arguing:

(10)

On 18 November 2025, the applicant responded to these comments pointing out that:

(11)

Following the analysis of the applicant’s reply to the questionnaire, the Commission requested additional information and supporting evidence, which was submitted by the applicant.

(12)

The Commission carried out a remote cross-check with the applicant in February 2026 where the Commission sought to verify all information it deemed necessary for the purpose of determining whether the applicant met the NEPT conditions.

(13)

With regard to the first NEPT condition, the Commission established that the applicant did not export the product concerned to the Union during the original investigation period. The Commission determined that the applicant started production of tinplated products in January 2024, 3 months before the end of the original investigation period.

(14)

The Commission verified all the export transactions entered into by the applicant during the original investigation period and found no evidence of exports of the product concerned to the Union.

(15)

With regard to the second NEPT condition, the Commission established that the applicant is not related to any of the exporting producers in the People’s Republic of China that are subject to the anti-dumping measures imposed by the original Regulation.

(16)

The Commission also checked the ownership of the applicant and confirmed that the allegation of Eurofer summarised in recital (9)(c) was unfounded.

(17)

With regard to the third NEPT condition, the Commission established that the applicant had exported the product concerned to the Union from October 2025 which is after the original investigation period.

(18)

The applicant provided supporting documents to show the production of the tinplated product and its export to the Union at the end of 2025. The applicant also provided documentation to show that the appropriate anti-dumping duty had been charged and paid. The Commission verified those documents and concluded that the applicant fulfilled the third NEPT condition.

(19)

Based on the above, the Commission concluded that the applicant fulfilled all three conditions to be granted NEPT and the request should therefore be accepted. Consequently, the applicant should be subject to an anti-dumping duty of 24,6 % for cooperating companies not included in the sample of the original investigation.

(20)

The original Regulation should be amended accordingly.

(21)

On 23 February 2026 the applicant and the Union industry were informed of the essential facts and considerations based on which it was considered appropriate to grant the anti-dumping duty rate applicable to the cooperating companies not included in the sample of the original investigation to the applicant.

(22)

All interested parties were granted the possibility to submit comments.

(23)

No comments were received.

(24)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 15(1) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1036,