EU Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties on ABS from Korea and Taiwan
Summary
The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) from South Korea and Taiwan. Duties range from 5.2% to 7.5% for Korea and 10.9% to 21.7% for Taiwan, following an investigation that found dumped imports were injuring EU manufacturers.
What changed
The European Commission has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of ABS from South Korea and Taiwan, with rates varying from 5.2% to 7.5% for Korea and 10.9% to 21.7% for Taiwan. This action follows an investigation confirming that dumped imports were causing injury to EU-based manufacturers, who employ approximately 920 people. The EU market for ABS is valued at €1.4 billion, and imports from these countries held a 31% market share between October 2023 and September 2024.
Importers and exporters dealing with ABS from South Korea and Taiwan must now comply with these new duties, which were published on February 13, 2026. The definitive duties follow provisional duties imposed on August 14, 2025. Companies involved in the trade of ABS should review the specific duty rates applicable to their imports and adjust their pricing and supply chain strategies accordingly to avoid penalties associated with non-compliance.
What to do next
- Review definitive anti-dumping duty rates for ABS imports from South Korea and Taiwan.
- Adjust import pricing and supply chain strategies to account for new duties.
- Ensure compliance with the imposed duties to avoid penalties.
Penalties
Anti-dumping duties ranging from 5.2% to 7.5% for Korea and 10.9% to 21.7% for Taiwan.
Source document (simplified)
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).
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Publication date 13 February 2026 Author Directorate-General for Trade and Economic Security Location Brussels Country or region
- Chinese Taipei
- South Korea
Trade topics
- Anti-dumping
- Trade defence
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