The European Union continued its aggressive trade defence posture today, publishing and immediately enacting significant new anti-dumping duties on a range of industrial goods from China. The measures, which follow major actions against Chinese and Russian products over the weekend, target key chemical and textile imports, with some duties exceeding 100%. Today's update also loaded further future-dated duties on ferro-silicon from both China and Russia, signalling a sustained campaign of industrial protection.
New Measures Effective Today: Chemicals and Textiles
Today's TARIC update was dominated by the publication of several major anti-dumping regulations, with the majority of measures taking effect immediately. The action was concentrated on chemical and textile imports from China.
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Chemicals: New definitive anti-dumping duties were imposed on benzyl alcohol (HS 2906210000) and sodium benzoate (HS 2916310091) from China. The duties, established by regulations R1857/26 and R1854/26 respectively, are substantial, with top rates reaching 71.2% for benzyl alcohol and 116.4% for sodium benzoate. Associated measures were also introduced for imports from Türkiye.
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Textiles: A broad suite of anti-dumping measures was applied to various types of polyamide yarn from China under Chapter 54, including codes 5402310000 and 5402450000. Per Regulation R1823/26, these imports now face duties with top rates of 67.6%. This single action accounted for over 200 separate regulatory changes in today's update.
In total, 280 measures took effect today, the vast majority of which were these newly loaded trade defence actions.
Future Action Loaded: Ferro-Silicon Duties
Regulators also looked ahead, loading new anti-dumping duties on ferro-silicon (under HS codes including 7202210000) originating from both China and the Russian Federation. According to Regulation R1794/26, these measures will take effect on 18 August 2026. The top duty rates will be 31.2% for Chinese imports and 22.7% for Russian imports.
What to watch
Today's actions are a direct continuation of the major trade defence activity seen over the weekend, which targeted Chinese industrial fasteners and plastics, as well as a wide range of Russian raw materials. The EU is now applying sustained pressure across a widening front of industrial inputs, from chemicals and textiles to base metals. For importers, the key challenge is the immediacy of these high-cost duties and the clear signal that more are in the pipeline, with the ferro-silicon duties providing the next fixed date for compliance planning.