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

29 September 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 748/2022

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of tartaric acid originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 645/2018 of 3 July 2018, the European Commission published a notice 2022/C 372/03 on 29 September 2022 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of tartaric acid originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2022_372_R_0003&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is tartaric acid, excluding D-(-)-tartaric acid with a negative optical rotation of at least 12.0 degrees, measured in a water solution according to the method described in the European Pharmacopoeia, currently falling within CN code ex 2918 12 00 (TARIC code 2918 12 00 90). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 30 June 2023.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 28 January 2006. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 34.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one excluded company and two companies whose individual duty rates are 8.3% and 10.1%).

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Tracy MAK)
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.