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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
4 June 2025
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 714/2024 of 30 August 2024, the European Commission published notice C/2025/3092 on 4 June 2025 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-subsidy measures on imports of continuous filament glass fibre products originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202503092.
2.The product concerned is chopped glass fibre strands, of a length of not more than 50 mm; glass fibre rovings, excluding glass fibre rovings which are impregnated and coated and have a loss on ignition of more than 3% (as determined by the ISO Standard 1887); and mats made of glass fibre filaments excluding mats of glass wool, currently falling under CN codes 7019 11 00, ex 7019 12 00, 7019 14 00 and 7019 15 00 (TARIC codes 7019 12 00 22, 7019 12 00 25, 7019 12 00 26, 7019 12 00 39). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-subsidy measures will expire at midnight of 26 February 2026.
3.Definitive countervailing duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 24 February 2021. The current rate of countervailing duty is 10.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 4.9% to 10.3%).
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
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