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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
23 February 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 567/2023 of 9 August 2023, the European Commission published notice C/2026/1025 on 20 February 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of optical fibre cables originating in Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202601025.
2.The product concerned is single mode optical fibre cables, made up of one or more individually sheathed fibres, with protective casing, whether or not containing electric conductors, currently falling under CN code ex 8544 70 00 (TARIC code 8544 70 00 10), with the following products excluded: (i) cables in which all the optical fibres are individually fitted with operational connectors at one or both extremities; and (ii) cables for submarine use (i.e. plastic insulated optical fibre cables, containing a copper or aluminium conductor, in which fibres are contained in metal module(s)). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 19 November 2026.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 17 November 2021. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 88.0% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 39.4% to 62.4%).
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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