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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
22 July 2025
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 260/2021 of 19 April 2021, the European Commission published notice C/2025/4009 on 22 July 2025 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202504009.
2.The product concerned is monosodium glutamate, currently falling under CN code ex 2922 42 00 (TARIC code 2922 42 00 10) and monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50% or more of monosodium glutamate, currently falling under CN codes ex 2103 90 90, ex 2104 10 00, ex 2104 20 00, ex 3824 99 92, ex 3824 99 93 and ex 3824 99 96 (TARIC codes 2103 90 90 11, 2103 90 90 81, 2104 10 00 11, 2104 10 00 81, 2104 20 00 11. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 20 April 2026.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 20 April 2021. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 39.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 33.8% and 36.5% respectively).
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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