Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/276 of 5 February 2026 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels, originating in the People’s Republic of China

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/276
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1.   A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of sweetcorn ( Zea mays var. saccharata ) in kernels, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen and sweetcorn ( Zea mays var. saccharata ) in kernels prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006, currently falling under CN codes ex 2001 90 30 (TARIC code 2001 90 30 10) and ex 2005 80 00 (TARIC code 2005 80 00 10) 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 product described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below shall be as follows:

Country of origin

Company

Definitive anti-dumping duty

TARIC additional code

People’s Republic of China

Sunflower Group:

—

Sunflower Food Industry (Xinfeng) Co., Ltd, Ganzhou City, China

—

Sunny Food Co., Ltd, Ganzhou City, China

31,0  %

89 SJ

Zhangzhou Tongfa Foods Industry Co., Ltd, Zhangzhou, China

54,3  %

89 SK

Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex

45,1  %

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

54,3  %

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 his/her name and function, drafted as follows: ‘ I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume in kilograms) of (product concerned) sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in (country concerned). 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 China shall apply.

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

Article 2

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1723 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain prepared or preserved sweetcorn in kernels, originating in the People’s Republic of China shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

Article 3

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from the People’s Republic of China 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 (1 October 2023 to 30 September 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 4

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 People’s Republic of China cooperating exporting producers not sampled

ANNEX

People’s Republic of China cooperating exporting producers not sampled

Country

Name

TARIC additional code

PRC

Anshan N&M Foods Co., Ltd.

89SL

Fujian Golden Promise Food Technology Co., Ltd.

89SM

Fujian Haishan Foods Co., Ltd.

89SN

Fujian Lucheng Food Co., Ltd.

89SO

Fujian Xingguang Foods Co., Ltd.

89SP

Fujian Yuxing Fruit & Vegetable Foodstuff Development Co., Ltd.

89SQ

Guangdong Zhicheng Food Co., Ltd

89SR

Guilin Risheng Foods Co., Ltd

89SS

HEBEI PENGDA FOOD CO., LTD

89ST

Hebei Shuangsheng Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd.

89SU

HEZE SANQING FOOD CO., LTD.

89SV

Jieyang Chengfeng Industrial Co., Ltd.

89SW

Jieyang Yuxiu Industrial Co., Ltd.

89SX

Nanjing County Xingguang Canned Food Co., Ltd.

89SY

SHANDONG SANGONGJU FOOD CO., LTD.

89SZ

XINFENG RUNFENG FOODS CO., LTD.

89TA

Zhangzhou Gangchang Canned Foods Co., Ltd.

89TB

Zhangzhou Jiawei Foods Co., Ltd.

89TC

Zhangzhou Tianbaolong Food Co., Ltd.

89TD

Zhangzhou Xiangcheng Shunxing Canned Food Co., Ltd.

89TE