Guidance

Glass fibre fabrics from China and Egypt (anti-dumping duty 2395)

Published 17 April 2020

The Commission announced in regulation 2020/492, Official Journal ref. L108 the imposition of imports of definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of fabrics of woven or stitched or woven and stitched continuous filament glass fibre rovings or yarns, with or without other elements, originating in the People’s Republic of China and Egypt.

This regulation takes effect from 7 April 2020.

TARIC Codes affected

The products are currently classified within Taric codes:

  • 7019 3900 80
  • 7019 4000 80
  • 7019 5900 80
  • 7019 9000 80

Products not affected

Excluded products are:

  • products impregnated or pre-pregnated (pre-preg)
  • open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1.8 mm in both length and width and weighing more than 35g/m²

Definitive anti-dumping duty rates

The rates applicable to the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty, of the product and manufactured by the companies listed below, will be as follows:

Country Company Anti-dumping duty rate TARIC additional code
People’s Republic of China Jushi Group Co. Ltd
Zhejiang Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co. Ltd
Taishan Fiberglass Inc.
99.7% C531
People’s Republic of China PGTEX China Co. Ltd
Chongqing Tenways Material Corp.
37.6% C532
People’s Republic of China Other cooperating companies not included in the sample listed in the annex 37.6% See annex
People’s Republic of China All other companies 99.7% C999
Egypt Jushi Egypt For Fiberglass Industry S.A.E
Hengshi Egypt Fiberglass Fabrics S.A.E
20% C533
Egypt All other companies 20% C999

The application of the individual duty rates specified for the companies is conditional upon presentation to the Member States’ customs authorities of a valid commercial invoice, on which appears a declaration dated and signed by an official of the entity issuing such invoice, identified by name and function, as follows:

‘I, the undersigned, certify that the (volume) 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.’

If no such invoice is presented, the duty applicable to all other companies will apply.

New exporting producers from the People’s Republic of China may apply to the Commission to be added to the list of cooperating companies subject to the appropriate weighted average duty rate - 37.6% subject to meeting conditions. Please refer to the regulation for details.

The anti-dumping duty will not apply to imports of the product during the earlier registration period.

Annex

Name of Company TARIC additional code
Changshu Dongyu Insulated Compound Materials Co. Ltd B995
Changzhou Pro-Tech Industry Co. Ltd C534
Jiangsu Changhai Composite Materials Holding Co. Ltd C535
Jiangsu Jiuding New Material Co. Ltd C536
Neijiang Huayuan Electronic Materials Co. Ltd C537
NMG Composites Co. Ltd C538
Zhejiang Hongming Fiberglass Fabrics Co. Ltd C539

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