Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/114

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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^note (‘the basic Regulation’), and in particular Article 9(4) thereof,Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 #

1.A definitive anti-dumping duty is imposed on imports of fused alumina, currently falling under CN codes 28181011, 28181019, ex28181091, and 28181099 (TARIC codes 2818109120, 2818109140, 2818109191, 2818109199) originating in the People’s Republic of China. The anti-dumping duty shall not apply to imports falling within the duty-free tariff-rate quota established under Article 2.

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 unit we are using) 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.’ 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.

Article 2 #

1.A duty-free tariff-rate quota is established for imports of fused alumina, currently falling under CN codes 28181011, 28181019, ex28181091, and 28181099 (TARIC codes 2818101110, 2818101120, 2818101130, 2818101140, 2818101191, 2818101199, 2818109120, 2818109140, 2818109191, 2818109199) originating in the People’s Republic of China.

2.Imports of the product concerned within the quota volume shall not be subject to any anti-dumping duty. The volume of the duty-free tariff-rate quota, the product types (defined by reference to TARIC codes), and the periods to which it applies are specified in Annex II.

3.The duty-free tariff-rate quota shall be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, based on the tariff-rate quota established equally for each quarter of the period of imposition, as specified in Annex II.

4.The drawings on each quarterly quota shall be stopped on the twentieth working day of the Commission following the end of the quarterly period. At the end of each quarter, the unused balances of the tariff-rate quota shall automatically be transferred to the next quarter. No unused balance at the end of the last quarter of each year of application of the definitive tariff-rate quota shall be transferred.

5.Where the relevant quota defined under paragraph 2 is exhausted, imports from the People’s Republic of China shall be subject to the applicable definitive anti-dumping duty in accordance with Article 1.

Article 3 #

1.The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1456 shall be definitively collected at a level corresponding to 62,6 % of the duty rates established in Article 1 of this Regulation. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released.

Article 4 #

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 October 2023 to 30 September 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 5 #

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

Annex I · PRC cooperating exporting producers not sampled

Country	Name	TARIC additional code
PRC	Art Abrasives (Guizhou) Co., Ltd.	89RK
PRC	Bedrock Corundum Co., Ltd.	89RL
PRC	Binzhou Qinai New Material Co., Ltd.	89RM
PRC	Guizhou Guxin New Materials Co., Ltd.	89RN
PRC	Guizhou Kaicheng Fused Minerals Co., Ltd.	89RO
PRC	Henan Ant Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.	89RP
PRC	Henan Haochen Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.	89RQ
PRC	Henan Hengxin Industrial & Mineral Products Co., Ltd	89SI
PRC	Henan Jinfeng New Material Technology Co., Ltd.	89RR
PRC	Imerys Fused Minerals (Guizhou) Co., Ltd.	89RS
PRC	Qinai (Shandong) New Material Co., Ltd.	89RT
PRC	Qingdao Reckel Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.	89RU
PRC	Qingdao Sisa Abrasives Co., Ltd.	89RV
PRC	Saint-Gobain Ceramic Materials (Zhengzhou) Co Ltd	89RW
PRC	Shandong Imerys Mount Tai Co., Ltd.	89RX
PRC	Shanxi Lvliangshan Mineral Co., Ltd.	89RY
PRC	Yichuan Kingsino Refractories Co., Ltd	89RZ
PRC	Zhengzhou Sinabuddy Mineral Co., Ltd.	89SA
PRC	Zhengzhou Yufa High-Tech Material Co., Ltd.	89SB
PRC	Zibo Jin Chun Tai Abrasives Co., Ltd.	89SD
PRC	Zibo Jinjiyuan Abrasives Co., Ltd.	89SC

Annex II

TARIC or CN code	Description of the product	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	Order number
		Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 10	Sol-Gel corundum (CAS RN 1302-74-5) with an aluminium oxide content of 99,6 % or more by weight, having a micro crystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1,3 or more, but not more than 6,0	103,8	90,8	77,8	64,9	51,9	090520
2818 10 11 30(NEW TARIC)	Sintered Sol-Gel corundum or pre-sintered Sol-Gel with an aluminium oxide content of 99,6 % or more by weight, having a microcrystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1,3 or more, but not more than 6,0
2818 10 11 40	Sintered Sol-Gel corundum or pre-sintered Sol-Gel with a microcrystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide, with a composition by weight (as oxides) of at least 98,5 % aluminium oxide, other than with an aluminium oxide content of 99,6 % or more by weight, having a microcrystalline structure in the form of rods with an aspect ratio of 1,3 or more, but not more than 6,0
2818 10 11 20	Sintered corundum with a micro crystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1) and magnesium aluminate (CAS RN 12068-51-8), with a content by weight (calculated as oxides) of:92 % or more of aluminium oxide, and8 % or less of magnesium oxide
281810 11 91 (NEW TARIC)	Fused alumina where both of the following apply: (i) between 5 % and 35 % of the product by weight is below the lowest grain size limit set out in the specification for the product; and (ii) between 1 % and 10 % of the product by weight is above the upper grain size limit set out in the specification for the product	7177,6	6280,4	5383,2	4486,0	3588,8	090521
2818 10 11 99(NEW TARIC)	Other	10087,7	8826,7	7565,7	6304,8	5043,8	090522
2818 10 19	With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm	56,1	49,1	42,1	35,0	28,0	090523
2818 10 91 20	Sintered corundum with a micro crystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide (CAS RN 1344-28-1), magnesium aluminate (CAS RN 12068-51-8) and the rare earth aluminates of yttrium, lanthanum and neodymium, with a content by weight (calculated as oxides) of:92 % or more, but less than 98,5 % of aluminium oxide,2 % (± 1,5 %) of magnesium oxide,1 % (± 0,6 %) of yttrium oxide, andeither 3 % (± 2,2 %) of lanthanum oxide, or2 % (± 1,2 %) of lanthanum oxide and neodymium oxide,with less than 50 % of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm	574,9	503,0	431,2	359,3	287,5	090524
2818 10 91 40(NEW TARIC)	Sintered Sol-Gel corundum or pre-sintered Sol-Gel with a microcrystalline structure, consisting of aluminium oxide, with a composition by weight (as oxides) of at least 92 % but less than 98,5 % aluminium oxide
2818 10 91 91 (NEW TARIC)	Fused alumina with a titanium dioxide content of 1 % by weight or more, where both of the following apply: (i) between 5 % and 35 % of the product by weight is below the lowest grain size limit set out in the specification for the product; and (ii) between 1 % and 10 % of the product by weight is above the upper grain size limit set out in the specification for the product	16243,2	14212,8	12182,4	10152,0	8121,6	090525
2818 10 91 99(NEW TARIC)	Other	24364,8	21319,2	18273,6	15228,0	12182,4	090526
2818 10 99	With 50 % or more of the total weight having a particle size of more than 10 mm	1392,1	1218,1	1044,0	870,0	696,0	090527

2026

TARIC or CN code	2026
	1^st quarter(16.1.2026–31.3.2026)	2^nd quarter(1.4.2026–30.6.2026)	3^rd quarter(1.7.2026–30.9.2026)	4^th quarter(1.10.2026–31.12.2026)
	Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 102818 10 11 302818 10 11 202818 10 11 40	25,95	25,95	25,95	25,95
2818 10 11 91	1794,39	1794,39	1794,39	1794,39
2818 10 11 99	2521,91	2521,91	2521,91	2521,91
2818 10 19	14,02	14,02	14,02	14,02
2818 10 91 202818 10 91 40	143,73	143,73	143,73	143,73
2818 10 91 91	4060,79	4060,79	4060,79	4060,79
2818 10 91 99	6091,19	6091,19	6091,19	6091,19
2818 10 99	348,01	348,01	348,01	348,01

2027

TARIC or CN code	2027
	1^st quarter(1.1.2027–31.3.2027)	2^nd quarter(1.4.2027–30.6.2027)	3^rd quarter(1.7.2027–30.9.2027)	4^th quarter(1.10.2027–31.12.2027)
	Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 102818 10 11 302818 10 11 202818 10 11 40	22,71	22,71	22,71	22,71
2818 10 11 91	1570,09	1570,09	1570,09	1570,09
2818 10 11 99	2206,67	2206,67	2206,67	2206,67
2818 10 19	12,27	12,27	12,27	12,27
2818 10 91 202818 10 91 40	125,76	125,76	125,76	125,76
2818 10 91 91	3553,19	3553,19	3553,19	3553,19
2818 10 91 99	5329,79	5329,79	5329,79	5329,79
2818 10 99	304,51	304,51	304,51	304,51

2028

TARIC or CN code	2028
	1^st quarter(1.1.2028–31.3.2028)	2^nd quarter(1.4.2028–30.6.2028)	3^rd quarter(1.7.2028–30.9.2028)	4^th quarter(1.10.2028–31.12.2028)
	Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 102818 10 11 302818 10 11 202818 10 11 40	19,46	19,46	19,46	19,46
2818 10 11 91	1345,79	1345,79	1345,79	1345,79
2818 10 11 99	1891,44	1891,44	1891,44	1891,44
2818 10 19	10,51	10,51	10,51	10,51
2818 10 91 202818 10 91 40	107,79	107,79	107,79	107,79
2818 10 91 91	3045,60	3045,60	3045,60	3045,60
2818 10 91 99	4568,39	4568,39	4568,39	4568,39
2818 10 99	261,01	261,01	261,01	261,01

2029

TARIC or CN code	2029
	1^st quarter(1.1.2029–31.3.2029)	2^nd quarter(1.4.2029–30.6.2029)	3^rd quarter(1.7.2029–30.9.2029)	4^th quarter(1.10.2029–31.12.2029)
	Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 102818 10 11 302818 10 11 202818 10 11 40	16,22	16,22	16,22	16,22
2818 10 11 91	1121,50	1121,50	1121,50	1121,50
2818 10 11 99	1576,20	1576,20	1576,20	1576,20
2818 10 19	8,76	8,76	8,76	8,76
2818 10 91 202818 10 91 40	89,83	89,83	89,83	89,83
2818 10 91 91	2538,00	2538,00	2538,00	2538,00
2818 10 91 99	3806,99	3806,99	3806,99	3806,99
2818 10 99	217,51	217,51	217,51	217,51

2030

TARIC or CN code	2030
	1^st quarter(1.1.2030–31.3.2030)	2^nd quarter(1.4.2030–30.6.2030)	3^rd quarter(1.7.2030–30.9.2030)	4^th quarter(1.10.2030–31.12.2030)
	Volume of duty-free tariff-rate quota (net tonnes)
2818 10 11 102818 10 11 302818 10 11 202818 10 11 40	12,97	12,97	12,97	12,97
2818 10 11 91	897,20	897,20	897,20	897,20
2818 10 11 99	1260,96	1260,96	1260,96	1260,96
2818 10 19	7,01	7,01	7,01	7,01
2818 10 91 202818 10 91 40	71,86	71,86	71,86	71,86
2818 10 91 91	2030,40	2030,40	2030,40	2030,40
2818 10 91 99	3045,60	3045,60	3045,60	3045,60
2818 10 99	174,01	174,01	174,01	174,01