Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1901 of 22 September 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of glyoxylic acid originating in the People’s Republic of China

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1901
• Articles: 6

Article 1

1.   A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of glyoxylic acid [usually falling under Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) Number 298-12-4 or 6000-59-5], of a purity of at least 95 % by dry weight, whether in solid form or as an aqueous solution with a concentration by weight higher than 40 % thereof, currently falling under CN code ex 2918 30 00 (TARIC code 2918 30 00 13) and originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2.   The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows:

Company

Definitive anti-dumping duty (%)

TARIC additional code

Hubei Hongyuan Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd

29,2

89 M2

Xinjiang Guolin New Materials Co., Ltd

57,3

89 M3

Other cooperating companies listed in Annex

64,0

See Annex

All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China

124,9

8 999

3.   The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies mentioned in paragraph 2 shall be conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which shall appear a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by name and function, drafted as follows: ‘ I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume in tonnes) of glyoxylic acid sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. I declare that the information provided in this invoice is complete and correct. ’ Until such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China shall apply.

4.   Unless otherwise specified, the provisions in force concerning customs duties shall apply.

Article 2

The product described in Article 1(1) shall be exempted from definitive anti-dumping duty if it is imported for use in the production of formaldehyde-free sulfur-based reducing agents (“FFSRAs”) and with an iron (Fe) content of ≥ 10 and ≤ 20 PPM (parts per million).

This exemption shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the customs provisions of the Union on the end-use procedure, in particular Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013.

Article 3

1.   The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/591 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of glyoxylic acid shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

2.   The exemption under Article 2 shall also apply to the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/591.

Article 4

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from the PRC and make them subject to the appropriate weighted average anti-dumping duty rate for cooperating companies not included in the sample. A new exporting producer shall provide evidence that:

(a)

it did not export the goods described in Article 1(1) during the period of investigation (01/07 2023 to 30/06/2024);

(b)

it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation, and which could have cooperated in the original investigation; and

(c)

it has either actually exported the product concerned or has entered into an irrevocable contractual obligation to export a significant quantity to the Union after the end of the period of investigation.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX Cooperating exporting producers in the People’s Republic of China not sampled

ANNEX

Cooperating exporting producers in the People’s Republic of China not sampled

Name

TARIC additional code

Cangzhou Goldlion Chemicals Co., Ltd

89M4

Guangdong Joy Chemical Co., Ltd

89M5

Inner Mongolia Tianyuda Biological Technology Co., Ltd.

89M6

Jinyimeng Group Co., Ltd

89M7