If you import aluminum extrusions from China into the EU, anti-dumping duty is a line item you cannot ignore — and one that is easy to model wrongly. Rates are exporter-specific and they change. This article explains the mechanism so you can ask your customs broker the right questions. It is not a customs ruling, and it is not advice on how to avoid duty.
The EU's anti-dumping measure targets aluminum extruded profiles from China — broadly, the product scope defined by the relevant CN codes (the 7604 / 7608 family of extruded and drawn aluminum). Duty is applied per exporter, with a "residual" rate for producers that have not negotiated an individual rate. It is charged on top of the ordinary Most-Favoured-Nation import duty, so the two stack.
The measure is written around extruded products. When the same aluminum is instead imported as a finished product or a sub-assembly — a component or an assembly rather than a bare profile — the customs classification of what crosses the border is a different question. It is resolved by the importer of record and their broker, against the actual goods and their documentation.
This is the part most buyers underestimate: the classification of your part is not fixed by the supplier's invoice description, and getting it wrong in either direction is expensive. A description of "aluminum profile" by default invites the duty; a claim that a part is a finished good has to be supported by what the part actually is. Neither is something to improvise at the port.
Duty is only one gate. Depending on the product you may also have to satisfy:
These obligations sit with the importer and the product's economic operator, not with the overseas supplier. A Chinese factory can supply the material and process data you need; it cannot sign your declaration of conformity for you.
My job is on the sourcing side: selecting and coordinating the factory, agreeing the process and the material, and helping you build a landed-cost model that includes inbound freight, duty and fees — so the number you give your own customer holds up. On classification and customs treatment, I will give you the facts about what the part is made of and how it is produced, accurately and in writing. The treatment itself is yours and your broker's call. I don't sell a compliance shortcut, because a sound one doesn't exist.
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