The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders originating from China.

The duties range from 57.7% to 90.3% and follow an investigation which concluded that Chinese imports were being dumped on the EU market, causing injury to EU producers. The investigation covered high-pressure seamless steel cylinders for compressed or liquefied gas, across all diameters and volume capacities.

According to the Commission, the measures are intended to restore fair competition between Chinese manufacturers and EU-based producers. The EU industry concerned is located in Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany and Italy.