Now Open: Sunset review on antidumping duties in force against Brazilian imports of ethanolamines from Germany and the USA
In brief
SECEX (the Brazilian Secretariat of International Trade) initiated a sunset review on the antidumping duties in force against the Brazilian imports of ethanolamines – monoethanolamines (MEA) and triethanolamines (TEA) from Germany and the USA on November 1st, 2024, commonly classified under the NCM codes 2922.11.00 and 2922.15.00.
Ethanolamines are used in a variety of applications, such as:
- Agrochemical industry: used as a neutralizing agent for anionic emulsifiers and active ingredients used in pesticides;
- Cosmetics industry: used as an alkalizing agent for hair dyes, shampoos, conditioners, make-up, creams, cleaning lotions, perfumes, among others;
- Cleaning products: used in formulations for detergents, degreasers, cleaners, disinfectants, and automotive waxes and shampoos;
- Oil industry: treatment of oil, natural gas, and oil waste gas; and
- Construction industry: production of cement and concrete.
The original text of the Official Notice of Initiation of the antidumping investigation (in Portuguese) is available in the following link.
Relevance of stakeholder participation
Active participation of importers, exporters, and any other interested parties in the investigation may be decisive in securing a more favorable outcome. Interested parties can request to be admitted as parties in the investigation until November 21th, 2024*, provided that they demonstrate the extent to which they could be affected by the imposition of the antidumping duty.
- Deadline for replying to the Importer’s Questionnaire: 30 days as of acknowledgement of receipt (presumed 3 days after the date of electronic transmission by the authority);
- Deadline for replying to the Exporter’s Questionnaire: 30 days as of acknowledgement of receipt (presumed 7 days after the date of electronic transmission by the authority).
Usually, a public interest assessment may be requested only after the conclusion of the trade remedies investigation, as established by SECEX Ordinance No. 282/2023 (additional information is available in our Legal Alert on the subject).
More details
- Petitioner: Oxiteno S.A. Indústria e Comércio
- Investigated product: ethanolamines – monoethanolamines and triethanolamines
- Uses:
- Agrochemical industry: used as a neutralizing agent for anionic emulsifiers and active ingredients used in pesticides.
- Cosmetics industry: used as an alkalizing agent for hair dyes, shampoos, conditioners, make-up, creams, cleaning lotions, perfumes, among others.
- Cleaning products: used in formulations for detergents, degreasers, cleaners, disinfectants, and automotive waxes and shampoos.
- Oil industry: treatment of oil, natural gas, and oil waste gas.
- Construction industry: production of cement and concrete.
- Dumping margin – Germany: 331.05 USD/t / 21.1%
- Difference between the normal value of the US product imported into the Brazilian market and the selling price of the similar domestic product: 339.24 USD/t / 17.2%.
