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EU customs registration for welded steel mesh from China and Türkiye

EU customs registration applies from 12 September to specified Chinese- and Turkish-origin welded steel mesh. No new anti-dumping duty is imposed by registration, but affected importers should check possible future liability.

By Scott GillettPublished 11 Sept 2026Last reviewed 11 Sept 2026Destination: European Union
WHEN IT APPLIESIn force
Who this affects
UK sellers supplying the EU with covered welded steel mesh originating in China or Türkiye, and their EU importers or customs representatives. Other parcel sellers are not affected by this measure.
Seller action
Check before sending affected goods

Check the product specification, customs origin and EU classification with your importer or customs representative before dispatch. Keep supporting records and discuss any potential future anti-dumping liability.

Effective dates / current position
Registration of covered welded steel mesh imports: — In force
Timing follows the confirmed published schedule; it is not a fresh legal review. The status concerns customs registration only, not the imposition of a new anti-dumping duty. Registration lasts nine months. Brussels time is the EU-wide display convention, not a carrier cutoff. Date-only changes use the calendar day in Europe/Brussels.
Last reviewed
11 Sept 2026 — an editorial source check, separate from automatic timing.
Official source
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Action required for affected sellers only. This is a product-specific customs registration measure, not a new charge on every EU parcel. The “In force” status on this page refers to registration—not a new anti-dumping duty.

What is changing?

From 12 September 2026, EU customs authorities must register imports of specified welded steel mesh originating in China or Türkiye. The European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2026/2022 on 11 September. Registration lasts nine months from its entry into force.

Registration creates a record of the affected imports while the anti-dumping investigation continues. Anti-dumping duties are additional import duties that may be imposed following an investigation into unfairly low export prices and injury to EU producers.

EU: welded steel mesh — an illustrative welded-wire mesh sample.
Illustration, not a product-classification reference. Check the legal product description.

Which products are covered?

The scope covers plain-wire grill, mesh, netting and fencing welded at the intersections. It includes coated or uncoated products, whether galvanised or not, in rolls or other forms, originating in China or Türkiye.

The listed EU Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes are:

A description such as “fencing” is not enough to decide whether a product is covered. Check the construction, specification, origin and classification against Article 1 of the regulation.

Does shipping from the UK make a difference?

UK dispatch alone does not change customs origin. A UK retailer buying Chinese- or Turkish-origin mesh, storing it in a UK warehouse and reselling it to an EU customer may still be supplying goods covered by this measure.

Confirm origin using reliable supplier and production information, not simply the seller’s address. The starting checks are the product, origin and EU import arrangements—not an assumed parcel-value exemption.

Does registration mean extra duty is due?

Registration itself does not impose a new anti-dumping duty. It preserves the possibility of collecting duties retrospectively if a later definitive measure finds that the legal conditions are met.

That does not mean every import recorded during the nine months will automatically receive a duty bill. Article 10(4) of the EU’s basic anti-dumping regulation permits retrospective collection on qualifying registered imports entered for consumption up to 90 days before provisional measures apply, subject to further conditions and never before the investigation began.

No eventual duty rate is confirmed by this registration measure. Complaint estimates are not current charges or reliable forecasts, so do not use them to set a customer surcharge. Existing duties and taxes still need to be checked separately.

What should UK sellers do now?

  1. Identify affected stock. Compare the full product specification with the regulation’s scope; include components where relevant.
  2. Confirm origin and classification. Obtain supplier evidence and check the EU code with your importer or customs representative.
  3. Agree the import arrangements. Ask who handles registration and who would bear any later duty liability under your commercial agreement.
  4. Keep the evidence. Retain specifications, origin information, invoices and import references, and check for later investigation measures before quoting or dispatching.

If you do not sell the covered products, this measure does not require a general change to your parcel data or prices.

Official sources

Related specialist update: EU customs registration for steel shelving from China.