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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
21 May 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 447/2026
European Union (EU)* : Making imports of certain acrylic esters originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland subject to registration
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 242/2026 of 12 March 2026, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1085 on 21 May 2026 to make imports of certain acrylic esters originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland currently under the anti-dumping investigation subject to registration. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202601085.
2.The product concerned is certain acrylic esters which are butyl acrylate, currently falling under Chemical Abstracts Service (‘CAS’) number 141-32-2 and Customs Union and Statistics (‘CUS’) code 0012413-0, and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, currently falling under CAS number 103-11-7 and CUS code 0017228-1, currently classified under CN code ex 2916 12 00 (TARIC code 2916 12 00 15).
3.The Implementing Regulation will enter into force on 22 May 2026. For further details, please refer to the above Implementing Regulation.
4.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.
5.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
* The EU comprises 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
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