Importing Steel from China to Thailand: FTA 0% Duty, VAT 7% & Anti-Dumping (2026)

Verified 2026-10-30 against official Thai and WTO sources. Thailand is a founding user of the China–ASEAN FTA and RCEP: with a valid Form E or RCEP certificate of origin, most Chinese steel enters at 0% duty. VAT is 7%, but anti-dumping duties on Chinese cold-rolled sheet, H-beams and galvanized products are a real cost line — check them before quoting.

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ACFTA / RCEP duty on most steel with certificate of origin

VAT on the duty-paid import value

4.22–54.19%

Anti-dumping range on Chinese CRC and H-beams

2026-10-30

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Import duty on steel

Applied duty by steel group — Thai Customs tariff / ACFTA & RCEP (verified 2026-10-30)
HS heading	Product group	Import duty	Notes	来源
7208	Hot-rolled flat, non-alloy (HRC, plate)	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–20%	Hot-rolled sheet/coil from 14 countries under a sunset review opened June 2026 — monitor the outcome.	已核实
7209 / 7212	Cold-rolled flat (CRC)	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–20%	Anti-dumping renewed for 5 years in Jan 2026 — see trade-remedy section.	已核实
7210 / 7212	Coated flat (galvanised, prepainted)	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–20%	Galvanized CRC carries AD of 3.05–37.54%; circumvention investigations running since June 2026.	已核实
7225	Alloy flat: wear plate, high-strength plate	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–20%	Baosteel's individual CRC rate (9.24%) shows cooperating mills get lower rates — mill identity matters.	已核实
7213 / 7214	Bars, rods, rebar, wire rod	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–15%	—	已核实
7301	H-beams and sections	ACFTA/RCEP 0% / MFN ~5–20%	Definitive AD since Nov 2025: 30.86% (Maanshan Iron & Steel) / 54.19% (all others).	已核实

Anti-dumping & trade-remedy measures in force

Thailand's Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) maintains several anti-dumping measures that directly affect Chinese flat steel:

Cold-rolled sheet (CRC) — renewed for five years effective 23 January 2026: 9.24% for Baoshan Iron & Steel (Baosteel), 10.71% for Angang, 20.11% for other Chinese producers (Taiwan and Vietnam exporters carry separate rates). An FTA certificate does not remove this duty.
H-beams — definitive duties published in the Royal Gazette (November 2025): 30.86% on Maanshan Iron & Steel and 54.19% on Hebei Jinxi and all other Chinese producers, on CIF value, for five years.
Galvanized cold-rolled sheet — AD of 3.05–37.54% on Chinese producers; DFT opened circumvention investigations in June 2026 covering ten Chinese companies.
Hot-rolled sheet & coil — a Section 57 sunset review covering imports from 14 countries was opened in June 2026; duties, if extended, would be origin-wide.

For wear plate and high-strength plate (7225), no Thai AD measure is currently in force — but the 2026 HRC sunset review is the one to watch.

How the duties stack up — landed-cost cascade

Worked example — US$700/t high-strength plate (7225) with Form E, no AD: duty US$0 → VAT 7% = US$49 → ≈ 7% of CIF. The same value as Chinese CRC with the renewed AD: duty 0% → AD 20.11% (all-other rate; 9.24% if Baosteel-produced) → VAT 7% on the duty-inclusive value → ≈ 28.5% (or ≈ 16.9% at the Baosteel rate). Mill identity is a pricing variable in Thailand — we quote with the producing mill named.

Documents & certificates you need

Certificate of origin — Form E (ACFTA) or RCEP C/O, issued by China CCPIT or China Customs; without it the MFN rate applies.
Customs declaration filed through the Thai National Single Window by your Thai importer.
TISI standards: certain steel products need Thai Industrial Standards Institute conformity.
Mill test certificate per heat; wood packaging ISPM 15.

Official sources for this page

Thai Customs Department — tariff lookup & customs procedures
Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) — anti-dumping determinations & reviews
Royal Gazette (Ratchakitcha) — official publication of duty orders
WTO Tariff Download Facility — applied MFN rates

Every figure above was re-checked against these portals on 2026-10-30. Thai AD rates are company-specific — confirm the producing mill before quoting.

Change log — what moved, and when

Date	Change (source: DFT via Royal Gazette)	来源
2026-06	DFT opened a Section 57 sunset review of hot-rolled steel sheet & coil from 14 countries; circumvention investigations on galvanized CRC (ten Chinese companies) continued.	已核实
2026-01-23	CRC anti-dumping from China renewed for five years: 9.24% Baoshan Iron & Steel, 10.71% Angang, 20.11% other Chinese producers.	已核实
2025-11	Definitive AD on Chinese H-beams published: 30.86% Maanshan Iron & Steel, 54.19% Hebei Jinxi and all others, CIF basis, five years.	已核实

Thailand steel import FAQ

Which certificate gets us 0% duty — ACFTA or RCEP?

Either. Thailand applies both the China–ASEAN FTA (Form E) and RCEP. In practice Form E is the most-used document for China-origin steel; your exporter obtains it from CCPIT or China Customs before shipment.

We buy Baosteel-made CRC — what AD rate applies?

9.24% under the renewed five-year measure (effective 23 January 2026), because Baoshan Iron & Steel received an individual rate as a cooperating mill — versus 20.11% for other Chinese producers. The mill certificate must show Baoshan Iron & Steel as producer.

Is wear plate or high-strength plate affected by Thai AD?

No AD measure on 7225 alloy plate is currently in force. The open risk is the June 2026 sunset review of hot-rolled sheet & coil from 14 countries — if extended, it could cover some HRC-based lines. We monitor it and re-check before each shipment.

How current is this page?

Verified 2026-10-30. The HRC sunset review and galvanized circumvention cases are live — ask us to re-verify your exact HS line and mill before booking.

已核实 · 2026-10-30

来源与核实说明

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