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On September 10, Reuters cited three sources saying that France, Italy, and Germany, which is likely to join, plan to submit a safeguard application to the EU in the coming weeks to implement an import quota system, with the product scope mainly focusing on epoxy resins, PET, and glass fibers.
Contraction of domestic supply lays groundwork to Sino-EU epoxy resin trade frictions
European chemical vegetation continue to shut down due to high energy costs, and regional supply capacity keeps shrinking. China's domestic epoxy resin production capacity has continued to expand, and China's exports of epoxy resins to the EU have grown steadily in recent years, making China an crucial import source to epoxy resins in the EU.
The EU launched an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese epoxy resins in July 2024, and announced its final ruling in July 2025, imposing anti-dumping duties ranging from 17.3% to 33.0% on relevant companies in mainland China. The anti-dumping duties are still in effect currently.
Essential differences between the two trade tools
✅ Current anti-dumping duties: Targeted specifically at specific origins including China. Epoxy resins exported from China to the EU immediately apply the corresponding duty rates.
✅ The import quota safeguard measures to be applied to this time: Have a wider scope of consumption, impose tariffs on amounts exceeding the quota, and the rules apply to all trading countries. Once implemented, to epoxy resins exported to the EU from any country, if the import volume exceeds the quota limit, extra-quota tariffs shall be paid, which will efficiently curb companies from circumventing trade restrictions via transshipment from a mechanism perspective.
Uncertainties remain to the proposal's adoption, yet the signal of trade protection is clear
There are still considerable variables regarding whether the proposal will be adopted. Safeguard applications must be initiated by EU member states, followed by a member state vote. The final measures need to be supported by a "qualified majority", meaning at least 15 member states agree, and the population of the agreeing countries accounts to greater than 65% of the EU's total population.
Even though the outcome is undetermined, the incident sends a strong signal: Trade barriers in the EU's chemical sector continue to tighten, and trade manage ideas are shifting from country-specific taxations to global volume manage. Domestic epoxy resin export companies might face a new round of foreign trade pressure.
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