Guidance

Aluminium converter foil from China (anti-dumping duty 2442)

Published 4 November 2020

The Commission has announced in the Official Journal ref. dated 22 October 2020, the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation concerning imports of aluminium converter foil, originating in the People’s Republic of China.

1. Product under investigation

Aluminium converter foil of a thickness of less than 0.021 mm which are:

  • not backed
  • not further worked than rolled
  • in rolls of a weight exceeding 10 kg

The product under investigation is classified within TARIC codes:

  • 7607 1119 60
  • 7607 1119 91

2. Excluded products

Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0.008 mm and not more than 0.018 mm which are:

  • not backed
  • not further worked than rolled
  • in rolls of a width not exceeding 650 mm and of a weight exceeding 10 kg

Aluminium household foil of a thickness of not less than 0.007 mm and less than 0.008 mm

  • regardless of the width of the rolls
  • whether or not annealed

Aluminium household foil of a thickness of more than 0.018 mm and less than 0.021 mm which are:

  • regardless of the width of the rolls
  • whether or not annealed

2.1 Further information

This investigation could result in provisional anti-dumping duty being imposed within 7 to 8 months and definitive anti-dumping duty in 13 to 14 months.

Interested parties wishing to make their views known to the Commission, make submissions and request a hearing (within the short timescale available) should refer to for further details.

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