On January 16, 2025, the European Union announced its final ruling on the anti-dumping investigation into erythritol imports from China. The EU has decided to impose anti-dumping duties ranging from 34.4% to 233.3% on the affected products. Among these, erythritol (pure erythritol and mixed products containing less than 10% erythritol) from Sanyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. will face a steep duty of 156.7%. The anti-dumping measures took effect on January 17, 2025, and will remain in force for five years.
Chinese manufacturer | Anti-dumping duty rate |
Baolingbao Biology Co., Ltd. | 34.4% |
Dongxiao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. | 78.4% |
Sanyuan Biotechnology Co., Ltd. | 156.7% |
Other cooperating companies listed in the Annex | 152.9% |
All other imports originating from China | 233.3% |
Background Information
The EU's final ruling originates from an announcement on November 21, 2023, in which it launched an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese erythritol products under CN codes of ex 29054900, ex 21069092, and ex 21069098. The investigation period ran from October 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, with the injury investigation period covering January 1, 2020, to September 30, 2023. On July 19, 2024, the EU released its preliminary ruling, imposing provisional anti-dumping duties ranging from 76.9% to 235.6% on the Chinese erythritol products involved.
As the world’s leading erythritol manufacturer, Sanyuan Biotechnology has drawn significant industry attention in this ruling. In a statement released on January 17, 2025, Sanyuan Biotechnology acknowledged the negative impact of the high anti-dumping duties on its competitiveness in the EU market. Since the preliminary ruling, some customers have stopped importing Sanyuan’s products due to the unaffordable imposed duties. In response to these challenges, Sanyuan has implemented a series of strategies. These include expanding the sales of complex sweeteners in the EU market, promoting new products like high-quality stevia (RM, RD), accelerating the production capacity of allulose, advancing preparations for mass production of tagatose, as well as intensifying efforts to tap into emerging markets such as Southeast Asia, India, the Middle East, and South America.
In addition to the EU’s anti-dumping investigation, the United States has also initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation into erythritol imports (under HS code 2905.49.4000) from China. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) is expected to make its preliminary investigation results on the industry damage by January 27, 2025.