Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1976 of 12 November 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of mono ethylene glycol originating in the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of mono ethylene glycol (current EC-number 203-473-3), currently falling under CN code ex29053100 (TARIC code 2905310010), originating in the United States of America and in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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: CountryCompanyDefinitive anti-dumping dutyTARIC additional codeKingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Kayan petrochemical company (Saudi Kayan)7,7 %C674Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaYanbu National Petrochemical Company (Yansab)7,7 %C675Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaEastern Petrochemical Company (Sharq)7,7 %C676Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Yanbu Petrochemical Company (Yanpet)7,7 %C677Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaArabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya)7,7 %C678Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaJubail United Petrochemical Company (United)7,7 %C679Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaAll other companies7,7 %C999United States of AmericaLotte Chemical Louisiana LLC3,0 %C684United States of AmericaMEGlobal Americas Inc.46,7 %C680United States of AmericaOther cooperating companies listed in Annex I10,3 %United States of AmericaAll other companies60,1 %C999

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) 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 shall apply.

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

The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/939 of 10 June 2021 imposing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of mono ethylene glycol originating in the United States of America and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

Article 1(2) may be amended to add new exporting producers from the United States of America 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 July 2019 to 30 June 2020); (b) it is not related to an exporter or producer subject to the measures imposed by this Regulation; 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.

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