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Ref. : EIC 294/3
3 December 2025
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 865/2024 of 18 October 2024, the UK Government published Trade Remedies Notice 2025/20 on 24 November 2025 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of biodiesel originating in the Chinese Mainland. The Trade Remedies Notice is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-remedies-notices-registration-of-imports-of-biodiesel-originating-from-china/trade-remedies-notice-202520-definitive-anti-dumping-duty-on-biodiesel-originating-from-china.
2.Salient points of the notices are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Fatty-acid mono-alkylesters or paraffinic gasoils obtained from synthesis or hydrotreatment of non-fossil origin in pure form or as included in a blend, excluding sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), in pure form or as included in a blend, currently falling under UK Global Tariff commodity codes 1516 20 98 21, 1516 20 98 29, 1516 20 98 33, 1518 00 91 21, 1518 00 91 29, 1518 00 91 33, 1518 00 95 21, 1518 00 99 21, 1518 00 99 29, 1518 00 99 33, 2710 19 42 21, 2710 19 42 29, 2710 19 42 90, 2710 19 44 21, 2710 19 44 29, 2710 19 44 33, 2710 19 46 21, 2710 19 46 29, 2710 19 46 33, 2710 19 47 21, 2710 19 47 29, 2710 19 47 33, 2710 19 48 10, 2710 19 48 90, 2710 20 11 21, 2710 20 11 29, 2710 20 11 33, 2710 20 16 21, 2710 20 16 29, 2710 20 16 33, 2710 20 16 93, 2710 20 19 10, 2710 20 19 90, 3824 99 92 10, 3824 99 92 14, 3824 99 92 17, 3826 00 10 20, 3826 00 10 29, 3826 00 10 50, 3826 00 10 59, 3826 00 10 89, 3826 00 10 99, 3826 00 90 11, 3826 00 90 19, 3826 00 90 33. |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 54.64% of the net, free-at-the-frontier price, before other amounts of import duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates is 14.79%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 25 November 2025 |
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,
(Miss Jenny MOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.