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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
22 October 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 915/2026
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits originating in Chinese Mainland
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 914/2025 of 21 October 2025, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2327 on 22 October 2026 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved citrus fruits (namely mandarins, etc.) originating in Chinese Mainland following the expiry review. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202602327.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Prepared or preserved mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids, not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, and as currently defined under HS heading 2008, currently falling under CN codes 2008 30 55, 2008 30 75 and ex 2008 30 90 (TARIC codes 2008 30 90 61, 2008 30 90 63, 2008 30 90 65, 2008 30 90 67 and 2008 30 90 69) |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | EUR 531.2 per tonne net product weight (except for a number of companies whose applicable amounts of duty ranging from EUR 361.4 to EUR 499.9 per tonne net product weight) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 23 October 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 trade remedy 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
* 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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