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

3 October 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 767/2022

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 646/2018 of 3 July 2018, the European Commission published a notice 2022/C 379/06 on 3 October 2022 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of oxalic acid originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2022_379_R_0006&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is oxalic acid, whether in dihydrate (CUS number 0028635-1 and CAS number 6153-56-6) or anhydrous form (CUS number 0021238-4 and CAS number 144-62-7) and whether or not in aqueous solution, currently falling within CN code ex 2917 11 00 (TARIC code 2917 11 00 91). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 3 July 2023.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China have been imposed since 19 April 2012. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 52.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 14.6% to 37.7%).

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.