{"id":5296,"date":"2025-08-15T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/productip2.dev.peakfort.nl\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5296"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T09:43:52","slug":"are-you-importing-candles-from-china","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.productip.com\/de\/nachrichten\/are-you-importing-candles-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you importing candles from China?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Candles and candle holders are both in the top 5 most popular products in ProductIP&#8217;s database. That is why we decided to share the following news with you, although anti-dumping measures are not directly related to product compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initiation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 19 December 2024, the EU initiated an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of candles originating in the PRC (<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/C\/2024\/7459\/oj\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Notice C\/2024\/7459<\/a>).&nbsp;This initiation followed a complaint lodged on 4 November 2024 by a representative group of the European candle producing industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-1024x678.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-1536x1017.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.productip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-4-2048x1356.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Regulation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202500511\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(EU) 2025\/511<\/a>&nbsp;required that custom authorities register imports of candles coming from China. This special registration was started on 21 March 2025 and applied to articles classified with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/PDF\/?uri=OJ:L_202402522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CN Code<\/a>&nbsp;3406 00 00 &#8222;candles, tapers and the like&#8220;.&nbsp;The registration was part of the investigation to determine whether candles imported from China are being dumped on the EU market, damaging the European candle industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The registration has ended now as the investigation reached its initial conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After an extensive investigation, communication with interested parties, and verification of all information, the Commission concluded that the dumped imports cause damage to the European industry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has now published the 53-pages long, implementing Regulation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=OJ:L_202501732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(EU) 2025\/1732<\/a>&nbsp;introducing a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of candles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The provisional anti-dumping duties have been set at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10,6% for Ningbo Kwung&#8217;s Home Interior &amp; Gift Co., Ltd.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70,9% for Ningbo Kwung&#8217;s Wisdom Art &amp; Design Co., Ltd.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70,9% for Anhui Fenyuan Aromatic Technology Co., Ltd.,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>57,5% for Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry Co., Ltd.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>55,5% for other\u00a0cooperating\u00a0companies listed in the annex to the regulation and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>70,9% for all other imports originating in China.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Regulation entered directly into force on August 14, 2025.&nbsp;The current duties are provisional and may be amended at a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested parties now have 5 calendar days to request a hearing and 15 calendar days to submit their written comments on this regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anti-dumping explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The European Commission is responsible for investigating dumping claims and imposing measures.&nbsp;<strong>Dumping<\/strong>&nbsp;means that a product is exported to the EU at a price lower than the price as sold on the home market or based on actual costs. Protection against dumping is laid down in Regulation&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/eli\/reg\/2016\/1036\/oj\/eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(EU) 2016\/1036<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information can be found on the related&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/policy.trade.ec.europa.eu\/enforcement-and-protection\/trade-defence\/anti-dumping-measures_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;of the European Commission, including a list of taken&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/circabc.europa.eu\/ui\/group\/2e3865ad-3886-4131-92bb-a71754fffec6\/library\/111da01e-984a-4fc9-ac5c-371a313d7dd3?p=1&amp;n=10&amp;sort=modified_DESC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">anti-dumping measures<\/a>.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Candles and candle holders are both in the top 5 most popular products in ProductIP&#8217;s database. That is why we decided to share the following news with you, although anti-dumping measures are not directly related to product compliance. 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