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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
2 April 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 1007/2025 and 1008/2025 of 25 November 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/716 on 27 March 2026 to correct the Implementing Regulations (EU) 2025/2327 and (EU)2025/2328 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and a definitive countervailing duty respectively on imports of certain continuous filament glass fibre products originating in Chinese Mainland, revising the duty rates in force on such imports. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202600716.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | 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) |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | Revised rate of definitive anti-dumping duty:
Revised rate of definitive countervailing duty:
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| (c) Effective date | : | 28 March 2026 |
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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