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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
25 September 2025
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 65/2025 of 14 January 2025, the European Commission published notice C/2025/5136 on 25 September 2025 initiating an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202505136.
2.The product under review is polyvinyl alcohol, whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups, in the form of homopolymer resins with a viscosity (measured in 4% aqueous solution at 20°C) of 3 mPa·s or more but not more than 61 mPa·s and a degree of hydrolysis of 80.0 mol% or more but not more than 99.9 mol%, both measured according to the ISO 15023-2 method, currently falling under CN code ex 3905 30 00 (TARIC code 3905 30 00 91). Products imported for the manufacturing of dry-blend adhesives, produced and sold in powder form for the carton board industry shall be exempted.
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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