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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
24 October 2022
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 831/2022
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on aspartame originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 552/2021 of 2 August 2021, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2001 on 24 October 2022 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022R2001&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Aspartame (N-L-α-Aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester, 3-amino-N-(α-carbomethoxy-phenethyl)-succinamic acid-N-methyl ester), CAS RN 22839-47-0, currently falling under CN code ex 2924 29 70 (TARIC code 2924 29 70 05) and originating in the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 59.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 55.4% to 59.1%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 25 October 2022 |
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 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 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.
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