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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
9 October 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 888/2026
European Union (EU)* : Making imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in Chinese Mainland subject to registration
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 824/2025 of 25 September 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2245 on 9 October 2026 to make imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in Chinese Mainland currently under the anti-dumping investigation subject to registration. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/TodayOJ/fallbackOJ/ESEAL-L_202602245-sig-20261009023020919_immc/L_202602245EN.pdf.
2.The product concerned is certain polyvinyl alcohols whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups, in the form of homopolymer resins with a viscosity (measured in 4% aqueous solution at 20°C) of 3 mPa s or more but not more than 61 mPa s and a degree of hydrolysis of 80.0 mol % or more but not more than 99.9 mol %, both measured according to the ISO 15023-2 method, currently falling under CN code ex 3905 30 00 (TARIC code 3905 30 00 91).
3.The Implementing Regulation will enter into force on 10 October 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 trade remedy 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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