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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

10 March 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 197/2020

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on citric acid originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 373/2019 of 15 May 2019, the European Commission published a notice 2020/C 18/03 announcing the initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures concerning imports of citric acid originating in the Mainland of China.  The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC0120(01)&from=EN.

2.The product subject to investigation is citric acid and trisodium citrate dihydrate, currently falling under CN codes 2918 14 00 and ex 2918 15 00 (TARIC codes 2918 15 00 11 and 2918 15 00 19).  For further details of the proceeding of this review, please refer to the above notice.

3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact LI Xuefei, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 6201.  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 Ronnie CHUI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU comprises of 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.  The United Kingdom (UK) withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020, and has entered an implementation period which is due to last until 31 December 2020.  During the implementation period, the EU law will continue to apply in the UK generally.