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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
19 July 2024
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 477/2024 of 6 June 2024, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1959 on 19 July 2024 to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of erythritol originating in the Mainland of China. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202401959.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Erythritol, in its pure form or contained in blends containing less than 10% of other products by weight, currently falling under CN code ex 2905 49 00 for erythritol in its pure form and CN codes ex 2106 90 92 and ex 2106 90 98 for blended products (TARIC codes 2905 49 00 15, 2106 90 92 65, and 2106 90 98 15) and originating in the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 235.6% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 31.9% to 156.7%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 20 July 2024 (the duty will apply for six months) |
| (d) Collection of duty | : | The release for free circulation in the EU of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact ZHENG Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 9797. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Tracy MAK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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