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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
28 April 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 918/2025 of 22 October 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/916 on 28 April 2026 to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of pea protein originating in Chinese Mainland. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202600916.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | High protein content pea protein, which contains more than 65 percent protein on a dry weight basis, encompassing all types of pea protein derived from peas (including, but not limited to, yellow field peas and green field peas), in all physical forms (including solid (e.g. powder) and liquid (solution) forms), whether textured or not, currently falling under CN codes ex 3504 00 90 (TARIC code 3504 00 90 91), ex 2106 10 20 (TARIC code 2106 10 20 40), ex 2106 10 80 (TARIC codes 2106 10 80 31, 2106 10 80 39 and 2106 10 80 71), ex 2106 90 92 (TARIC code 2106 90 92 75), ex 2303 10 90 (TARIC code 2303 10 90 10), ex 2309 10 11, ex 2309 10 13, ex 2309 10 15, ex 2309 10 19, ex 2309 10 31, ex 2309 10 33, ex 2309 10 39, ex 2309 10 51, ex 2309 10 53, ex 2309 10 59, ex 2309 10 70, ex 2309 10 90, ex 2309 90 10, and ex 2309 90 20, ex 2309 90 31 (TARIC codes 2309 90 31 12, 2309 90 31 14, 2309 90 31 17, 2309 90 31 19, 2309 90 31 30, 2309 90 31 81 and 2309 90 31 91), ex 2309 90 33, ex 2309 90 35, ex 2309 90 39, ex 2309 90 41, ex 2309 90 43, ex 2309 90 49, ex 2309 90 51, ex 2309 90 53, ex 2309 90 59, ex 2309 90 70, and ex 2309 90 91, ex 2309 90 96 (TARIC codes 2309 90 96 31, 2309 90 96 39, 2309 90 96 91 and 2309 90 96 95) |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 67.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rate at 40.5%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 29 April 2026 |
| (d) Collection of duty | : | The release for free circulation in the EU of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
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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