Pakistan’s National Tariff Commission decided on Oct. 10, 2026, to keep anti-dumping duties of 13.17% to 19.04% on Chinese cold-rolled steel.<\/p>\n
Pakistan’s National Tariff Commission (NTC) decided on Oct. 10, 2026, to keep anti-dumping duties of 13.17% to 19.04% on Chinese cold-rolled steel coils and sheets1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The commission published its notice closing the second "sunset review" of these duties on Oct. 13, 20262<\/a><\/sup>. A sunset review is a check, made when duties are due to expire, of whether they are still needed.<\/p>\n In short, Chinese cold-rolled steel will keep paying an extra import tax at Pakistan’s border. The rate range stays the same as before, at 13.17% to 19.04% of the goods’ value1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The NTC is Pakistan’s trade remedies body. It sets anti-dumping duties, which are extra import taxes on goods sold abroad below their normal price. Its list of finished reviews shows the second review of the duties on Chinese cold-rolled coils and sheets as concluded on Oct. 10, 2026<\/strong>1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The same list gives the outcome as duties of 13.17% to 19.04%<\/strong> for China1<\/a><\/sup>. That is the same range Pakistan has charged on this steel since the first duties3<\/a><\/sup>. The decision therefore keeps the existing tax in place rather than raising or cutting it.<\/p>\n The commission posted the "Notice of Conclusion of Second Sunset Review" on its news page on Oct. 13, 20262<\/a><\/sup>. The notice covers cold-rolled steel coils and sheets "originating in and\/or exported from" China2<\/a><\/sup>. This means the duty applies to Chinese-made steel and to steel shipped from China.<\/p>\n The duties are now more than 10 years old. The NTC first imposed duties of 13.17% to 19.04% on Chinese and Ukrainian cold-rolled steel with effect from Jan. 13, 2016<\/strong>, for five years3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Local steel makers then asked for a first sunset review. The NTC started it on Jan. 8, 2021, and closed it on Jan. 7, 20221<\/a><\/sup>. In that decision, it kept the duties on China for another five years from Jan. 13, 2021<\/strong>3<\/a><\/sup>. It ended the duties on Ukraine at once, because it saw no likely return of Ukrainian imports3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n That five-year period ran until January 2026. The NTC started the second sunset review on Jan. 10, 2026, just before the period ended1<\/a><\/sup>. The review took about nine months to complete.<\/p>\n The full 2026 notice was not readable in the documents on file. The commission’s earlier decision, from January 2022, shows the test it applies in a sunset review3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n In 2022, the NTC found a "strong likelihood" that Chinese dumping would continue if the duties ended3<\/a><\/sup>. It said dumped imports had fallen sharply after the 2016 duties. This, it said, had helped local production, sales and prices3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n It also judged that local makers would likely suffer serious harm without the duties. It listed falls in production, use of factory capacity, sales, market share, profits and productivity3<\/a><\/sup>. The NTC reached the same type of decision, to continue the duties, in the 2026 review1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n Two Karachi steel makers have driven these cases. Aisha Steel Mills Limited and International Steels Limited applied for the first sunset review in 20213<\/a><\/sup>. Both make cold-rolled coils and sheets in Pakistan.<\/p>\n The same two companies applied in March 2025 for a separate case against suspected avoidance of the duties4<\/a><\/sup>. They said Chinese exporters were changing the product slightly to escape the tax4<\/a><\/sup>. They told the NTC that the local industry was not getting the benefit of the duties and was still being harmed4<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n The product, as defined in the 2022 decision, is flat-rolled iron or non-alloy steel<\/strong>, cold-rolled (cold-reduced)3<\/a><\/sup>. It is between 0.15 mm and 3.00 mm thick and up to 1,250 mm wide. It is not clad, plated or coated, and it can be prime or secondary quality3<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\nWhat has the NTC decided on Chinese cold-rolled steel?<\/h2>\n
How long have these duties applied?<\/h2>\n
Ten years of duties on Chinese cold-rolled steel<\/h4>\n
Why does Pakistan keep taxing this steel?<\/h2>\n
Who asked for the protection?<\/h2>\n
Which steel products does the duty cover?<\/h2>\n
The steel covered by the duty<\/h4>\n