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EU keeps 13,1 % duty on Egyptian glass fibre imports

Regulation 2026/2107 keeps the 13,1 % duty on Egyptian GFR after an Article 18 expiry review found continued subsidisation and a likelihood of continued injury.

By Taxxa AI OyPublished 22 September 2026

Tax

Industry: Manufacture of glass fibres

Imports of continuous filament glass fibre products (GFR) from Egypt stay subject to a definitive countervailing duty of 13,1 %Europa. Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2107 of 22 September 2026 maintains the dutyEuropa after an expiry review under Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037, and it enters into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal.

The duty covers chopped glass fibre strands of up to 50 mm, glass fibre rovings other than impregnated and coated rovings with a loss on ignition above 3 %, and mats of glass fibre filaments other than glass-wool mats, currently falling under CN codes 7019 11 00, ex 7019 12 00, 7019 14 00 and 7019 15 00, originating in Egypt. The rate applies to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty: 13,1 % for Jushi Egypt for Fiberglass Industry S.A.E. (TARIC additional code C540)Europa and 13,1 % for all other imports originating in Egypt (TARIC additional code C999)Europa. The provisions in force concerning customs duties apply unless otherwise specified.

The rate is unchanged from the original measures imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/870Europa. In an expiry review the Commission does not recalculate the margin; it examines whether the schemes are still in place and whether expiry would likely bring continuation or recurrence of subsidisation and injury, and applies the original duty unchanged where those findings are affirmative. The review investigation period ran from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024, with injury trends examined from 1 January 2021.

On subsidisation, the Commission found that the schemes countervailed in the original investigation continued during the review period above the de minimis threshold: preferential financing through intracompany loans, support for capital investment, VAT and import-duty exemptions on equipment and input materials for companies in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, an enterprise income tax deduction, and land provided for less than adequate remuneration, with the exporter acquiring additional plots during the period to double capacity. It concluded there is a strong likelihood that expiry would bring continued subsidisation, noting Jushi Egypt's 200 000-tonne capacity increase, a near-7-point rise in Egyptian import volumes toward the end of the review and post-review period with average prices down 25 % to as low as EUR 709 per tonne, and the continued attractiveness of the Union market.

On injury, the Commission found the Union industry — ten producers at the start of the period, two of which stopped GFR production altogether during the review period — suffered material injury, with profitability negative in 2023 and the review period, and concluded that lapse of the measures would in all likelihood bring significantly more subsidised imports at injurious prices and put the industry's viability at serious risk. No compelling Union-interest reasons against maintenance were found: importers can switch sources for largely standardised GFR, and users' supply and oligopoly arguments were rejected, with continued Egyptian presence on the Union market showing supply at fair prices remains possible.

Legal basis: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2107, adopted pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 on protection against subsidised imports from non-EU countries.

Declare Egyptian GFR under the CN codes in Article 1 with TARIC additional code C540 (Jushi Egypt) or C999 (all others) and pay the 13,1 % countervailing duty on the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty.

Sources

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/2107 of 22 September 2026 imposing a definitive countervailing duty on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products (‘GFR’) originating in Egypt following an expiry review pursuant to Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/1037 of the European Parliament and of the Council