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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
13 May 2026
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 1017/2025 of 28 November 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1045 on 13 May 2026 to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain alkyl phosphonic acids and their sodium salts originating in Chinese Mainland. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202601045.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | 2-phosphonobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid and its sodium salt Tetrasodium hydrogen 2-phosphonatobutane-1,2,4-tricarboxylate, in solid form or in an aqueous solution, currently falling under CN code 2931 49 80 (TARIC code 2931 49 80 60), CAS RN 37971-36-1 and 66669-53-2, CUS 0027475-9 and 0087281-1, registered in the EU under EC reference numbers 253-733-5 and 266-442-3 |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 219.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 182.9% to 210.4%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 14 May 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 5350.
Yours faithfully,
(Galen KOT)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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