Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1373 of 22 June 2026 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of 1,4-Butanediol originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1373
• Articles: 5

Article 1

1.   A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of 1,4-Butanediol, usually falling under the Chemical Abstracts Service’s registration (CAS) number 110-63-4 and usually classified in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) under EC-number 203-786-5, currently classified under CN codes 2905 39 26 and 2905 39 28 , and originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America.

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:

Country of origin

Company

Definitive anti-dumping duty (%)

TARIC additional code

People’s Republic of China

Xinjiang Markor Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

105,6

88 AL

Wanhua Chemical (Sichuan) Co., Ltd.

113,7

88 AM

Other cooperating companies in the People’s Republic of China listed in the Annex

107,5

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

113,7

8 999

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

International Diol Company

52,4

88 AN

All other imports originating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

52,4

8 999

United States of America

Lyondell Chemical Company

135,7

88 AO

All other imports originating in the United States of America

142,5

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 kilograms) of 1,4-Butanediol 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 the applicable country concerned, i.e. the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia or the United States of America 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) 2026/270 imposing provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of 1,4-Butanediol originating in the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States of America 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 January 2024 to 31 December 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 Other cooperating exporting producers not sampled

ANNEX

Other cooperating exporting producers not sampled

Country

Name

TARIC additional code

People’s Republic of China

Shandong Yuanli Science and Technology Co., Ltd.

88AP

Inner Mongolia Dongjing Biological Green Technology Co., Ltd.

88AQ

Henan Kaixiang Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.

88AR

Xinjiang Blue Ridge Tunhe Energy Co., Ltd.

88AS