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Following a DG TRADE anti-dumping investigation opened 30 November 2021, the Commission found Indonesian fatty acid (used as feedstock in soaps, detergents, cosmetics and biodiesel; palm oil is the primary raw input) was being dumped into the EU market at margins causing material injury to EU producers. CIR 2023/111 set individual duty rates for the two sampled exporter groups and a residual/all-other rate for non-cooperating Indonesian producers, spanning 15.2%-46.4%; the duties run for five years, to 2028.
Indonesia challenged the measure at the WTO (DS622). The panel, adopted by the DSB on 28 August 2026, sided narrowly with Indonesia: it found the Commission used the exchange rate on the date of invoice rather than the date of sale when converting a portion of Indonesian export transactions from euro to US dollars for the dumping-margin calculation — a technical currency-conversion defect, not a finding that dumping did not occur. The EU accepted the finding without appeal but has kept its underlying policy reservations. The duty itself is untouched pending the EU's compliance response.
implements a recalculated margin, which could lower — but is unlikely to eliminate — the duty for the affected transaction subset.
Indonesian oleochemical exporters now facing trade-remedy exposure in both major Western markets simultaneously.
28 August 2026) for the actual recalculation mechanics.
re-investigation of the margin.
the DSB adoption summary).