European Commission Imposes Definitive Anti-Dumping Duty on Epoxy Resins from China, Taiwan, and Thailand

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The European Commission has issued a regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand. The regulation, which comes into force on July 26, 2025, follows an investigation initiated on July 1, 2024, in response to a complaint lodged by the Ad Hoc Coalition of Epoxy Resin producers on June 6, 2024. The investigation found that the dumping of epoxy resins from the three countries had caused material injury to the Union industry.

Key Takeaways:

  • The European Commission initiated an anti-dumping investigation on July 1, 2024, in response to a complaint lodged by the Ad Hoc Coalition of Epoxy Resin producers on June 6, 2024.
  • The complaint alleged that imports of epoxy resins from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand were being dumped at below their normal value, causing material injury to the Union industry.
  • The Commission conducted an investigation and found that the dumping of epoxy resins from the three countries had caused material injury to the Union industry.
  • The Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand.
  • The duty is effective from July 26, 2025, and is based on a margin of dumping of up to 33.8%.
  • The Commission also terminated the investigation on imports of epoxy resins originating in the Republic of Korea.
  • The complaint was lodged on behalf of the Union industry of epoxy resins in the sense of Article 5(4) of the basic Regulation.
  • The complaint contained evidence of dumping and of resulting material injury that was sufficient to justify the initiation of the investigation.

Statistics:

  • The dumping margins for imports of epoxy resins from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand range from 11.5% to 33.8%.
  • The Commission imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand.
  • The duty is effective from July 26, 2025.
  • The investigation period for the dumping margin of up to 33.8% was August 2023 to January 2025.

Sources:

  • COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1505 of 25 July 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of epoxy resins originating in the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Thailand and terminating the investigation on imports of epoxy resins originating in the Republic of Korea
  • Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2714 of 24 October 2024 making imports of epoxy resins originating in the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Thailand subject to registration
  • Regulation (EU) 2016/1036 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on protection against dumped imports from countries not members of the European Union.