Commission acts against unfairly traded imports of ABS from Korea, Taiwan

The anti-dumping duties imposed range from 5.2% to 7.5% for Korea and from 10.9 % to 21.7% for Taiwan. The imposition of definitive duties follows an in-depth investigation which found that imports of ABS from Taiwan and the Republic of Korea were entering the EU at dumped prices. This is causing injury to EU-based manufacturers of this product, located in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, where some 920 people are directly employed in making it. Provisional duties were already imposed at an earlier stage of the investigation, on 14 August 2025.

ABS is a plastic used in a wide variety of industry sectors and applications. For example, it is used in the automotive sector (in vehicle bumpers, or for decorative elements), in household appliances (such as washing machines, or dishwashers), in electronics (such as computer keyboards, mouses, remote controls, or phone cases), in furniture, in the construction sector (in pipes and tubes), in medical devices, and in toys (such as LEGO bricks).

In an EU market for ABS worth an estimated €1.4 billion, imports from Korea and Taiwan had achieved a market share of 31% by the period October 2023-September 2024, during which time the EU industry's market share had fallen to 63% (down from 72% in 2020).

Definitive measures