Two new implementing regulations impose permanent duties on softwood plywood from Brazil and continuous filament glass fibre from Bahrain, Egypt and Thailand, confirming that dumped imports caused material injury to EU producers in both cases.
April 15th, 2026 – The Commission published two definitive anti-dumping regulations on April 15th, closing out investigations that had been running since early 2025. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/822 imposes a 5.4% duty on softwood plywood from Brazil, while Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/831 sets duties of between 11% and 25.4% on continuous filament glass fibre (GFR) from Bahrain, Egypt and Thailand. Both follow the same procedural path: complaint, provisional measures, full investigation, final disclosure, and now definitive duties.
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Softwood Plywood from Brazil: A Uniform 5.4%
The Brazilian plywood case started in March 2025 following a complaint by the Softwood Plywood Consortium, representing EU producers. The investigation covered the 2024 calendar year and found that Brazilian exports, which substantially grew their EU market share as demand fell in 2023, had prices below their normal value and caused material injury to EU industry. Capacity utilisation dropped 24% over the period considered, and profitability declined sharply as EU producers were unable to raise prices in line with rising costs.
The definitive dumping margin across all sampled and cooperating Brazilian exporters landed at 5.4%, well below the injury margin of 94%, meaning the lower figure applies under the EU’s lesser duty rule. One exporter, Nereu Rodrigues & Cia Ltda, was found not to be dumping and faces no duty. All other Brazilian producers, whether sampled, cooperating, or unknown, face the same 5.4% rate. The Commission has confirmed the provisional duties collected since November 2025, and found no grounds for retroactive application beyond that point.
Glass Fibre from Bahrain, Egypt and Thailand: Higher Stakes, Higher Duties
The fibreglass case is more complex. The investigation, opened in February 2025 on a complaint by Glass Fibre Europe, covers three countries simultaneously, and the duty rates reflect meaningfully different dumping levels across them. Bahrain’s sole exporter, CPIC Abahsain Fiberglass, faces an 11.8% duty. Egypt’s Jushi Egypt faces 11%. Thai producers face 25.4% (Asia Composite Materials) and 15.3% (Wanda New Material) respectively.
The EU industry‘s situation was under intense strain, as production fell 14%, market share dropped from 47% to 40%, and the industry recorded losses in three of the four years examined. Two EU producers exited the market entirely during the investigation period. The combined import volumes from the three countries rose 62% over the period considered, with their collective market share growing from 14% to 24%, all while prices fell sharply, Egyptian import prices declined 10%, Thai prices fell 50%.
The Egypt chapter produced the most technically involved findings. The Commission concluded that Jushi Egypt’s cost records did not reasonably reflect actual production costs, because a prolonged divergence between Egypt’s official and parallel foreign exchange rates, culminating in the full liberalisation of the Egyptian pound in March 2024, had systematically distorted the valuation of assets, depreciation, and raw material costs. The Commission adjusted the cost base using the company’s own parallel-rate dataset as a starting point, then applied additional corrections where those adjustments remained insufficient. Jushi Egypt contested the approach at every stage; the Commission rejected each objection.
Unlike the plywood case, the Commission did not impose any provisional measures during the fibreglass investigation, so no retroactive collection arises.
The duties take effect from the date of publication.
