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

21 October 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 768/2020

European Union (EU)* : Extension of the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the Mainland of China to imports of monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 184/2020 of 6 March 2020, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1427 on 13 October 2020 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/83 on imports of monosodium glutamate originating in the Mainland of China to imports of monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution originating in the Mainland of China. The Implementing Regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1427&from=EN.

2.In gist, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/83 is extended to imports of monosodium glutamate in mixture or in solution, containing by dry weight 50 % or more of monosodium glutamate, currently falling under CN codes ex 2103 90 90, ex 2104 10 00, ex 2104 20 00, ex 3824 99 92, ex 3824 99 93 and ex 3824 99 96 (TARIC codes 2103 90 90 11, 2103 90 90 81, 2104 10 00 11, 2104 10 00 81, 2104 20 00 11, 3824 99 92 98, 3824 99 93 89 and 3824 99 96 89), originating in the Mainland of China. The extended duty will be collected on such imports originating in the Mainland of China registered since 21 February 2020. Customs authorities have been directed to discontinue the registration of such imports. Requests for exemption from the extended duty should be made in writing to:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate H
Office: CHAR 04/039
1049 Brussels
Belgium

3.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.