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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
13 June 2025
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 877/2024 of 25 October 2024, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1151 on 12 June 2025 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of vanillin 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_202501151.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Vanillin with the molecular formula C8H8O3 or C9H10O3, and with a purity level higher than 95% by weight, including Synthetic Vanillin, Natural Vanillin, Bio-sourced Synthetic Vanillin (Biovanillin) and Ethylvanillin, currently classified under CN codes ex 2912 41 00 for Synthetic Vanillin, Natural Vanillin and Bio-sourced Synthetic Vanillin and ex 2912 42 00 for Ethylvanillin (TARIC codes 2912 41 00 10 and 2912 42 00 10). The product concerned does not cover mixtures of different aroma chemicals containing concentrations of Vanillin below 95% by weight. |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 131.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty |
| (c) Effective date | : | 13 June 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
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