The Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) has today [22 August 2025] published its Statement of Essential Facts (SEF) in the anti-dumping investigation into biodiesel imports from China.

The investigation found that Chinese biodiesel is being dumped in the UK at unfairly low prices, causing material injury to UK producers. The TRA also concluded that applying anti-dumping measures would be in the UK’s economic interest.

As a result, the TRA has proposed introducing ad-valorem anti-dumping duties, including:

15.68% for the Zhuoyue Group and non-sampled cooperating exporters

54.64% for all other exporters

The products covered in the investigation include biodiesel fuels, specifically fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters (FAME) and hydrotreated vegetable oils (HVO) used in pure form or blended and co

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