Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1330 of 10 July 2025 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty imposed on imports of lysine originating in the People’s Republic of China

1 A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of lysine and its esters, salts thereof, and feed additives, consisting of dry weight basis of 68 % or more, but not more than 80 % of L-lysine sulphate, and not more than 32 % of other components such as carbohydrates and other amino acids, currently falling under CN codes ex23099031, ex23099096, and 29224100 (TARIC codes: 2309903151, 2309903159, 2309903161, 2309903169, 2309909651, 2309909659, 2309909661, 2309909669) 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 products described in paragraph 1 and produced by the companies listed below, shall be as follows: CompanyDefinitive anti-dumping duty (%)TARIC additional code Meihua Group: Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd 47,789IEHeilongjiang Eppen Biotech Co., Ltd58,289IFOther cooperating companies listed in the Annex53,1All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China58,28999

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 tonnes) of lysine sold for export to the European Union covered by this invoice was manufactured by (company name and address) (TARIC additional code) in the People’s Republic of China. 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 People’s Republic of China 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 Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/74 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 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 2023 to 31 December 2023); (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.

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