The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has announced the imposition of final anti-dumping duties on imports of electric batteries originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Malaysia under Decision No. 48 of 2026.
In a post on X on Thursday, the ministry said the decision aims to combat dumping practices affecting the State's imports of electric accumulators covered by the decision, support the competitiveness of national products and combat harmful practices affecting them in international trade, implement the measures approved by the Industrial Cooperation Committee of the Gulf Cooperation Council regarding the imposition of final anti-dumping duties on the covered imports, regulate imports of electric accumulators originating in or exported from the People's Republic of China and Malaysia, in accordance with the customs heading and Harmonized System code specified in the decision.
The ministry said the decision applies to products classified under tariff heading 8507 and Harmonized System code 85071000 of the GCC Common Customs Tariff.
The ministry added that the duty rates were determined according to the dumping margin for each producer or exporter in China and Malaysia. The duties range from 25.8 percent to 74 percent on imports from China and from 43.2 percent to 77 percent on imports from Malaysia.