Following an investigation launched by the European Commission in May 2024, member states approved in June 2025 the Commission's proposal to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese lysine through the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1330.
The definitive dumping margins expressed as a percentage of the cost, insurance and freight (CIF) Union frontier price, duty unpaid, vary between 47.7% and 58.3% as follows:
- Meihua Group (Jilin Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd. and Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.) – 47.7%
- Heilongjiang Eppen Biotech Co., Ltd. – 58.2%
- Other cooperating companies – 53.1%
- All other imports originating in the People’s Republic of China – 58.2%
They will come into force on July 12, 2025, for a period of five years, replacing the provisional duties introduced in January 2025.
Eurolysine, as the sole lysine producer in the European Union, welcomes the introduction of anti-dumping duties against lysine imported from China.
“We welcome this decision, which demonstrates the determination of the Commission and the member states to protect European lysine production from unfair competition. It is perfectly in line with the rationale of the takeover of Eurolysine by Avril a year ago, i.e. the ambition to preserve and develop an activity that is strategic for European sovereignty and the future of the animal feed industry", said Jean-Philippe Puig, CEO of Avril.
"The introduction of anti-dumping duties for five years opens up medium-term prospects that encourage us in our production development plan. By the second half of 2025, our Amiens plant will have returned to its cruising speed for lysine production, and we are currently working to increase lysine production capacity by 20% by 2027,” said Eddy Feijen, CEO of Eurolysine.
