Expiry Review R853 - Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) from China and Indonesia
Summary
The European Commission initiated Expiry Review R853 on 15 April 2026 to examine whether definitive anti-dumping/anti-subsidy measures on monosodium glutamate (MSG) imports from China and Indonesia should be maintained, amended, or allowed to expire. The investigation covers the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, with verification visits scheduled for 3-7 August 2026. Interested parties may submit comments on provisional measures by 30 October 2026 and on final disclosure, with definitive measures expected by 15 April 2027.
What changed
The Commission has opened an expiry review to determine whether definitive anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on MSG imports from China and Indonesia should be maintained beyond their expiration date. The investigation will verify questionnaire replies from interested parties including Chinese and Indonesian exporters, EU importers, and Union producers during August-November 2026.
For affected parties, this review signals potential changes to current duty levels that could impact MSG pricing and supply chains in the EU market. Importers, food manufacturers using MSG, and producers of competing products should track this investigation closely, as measures may be maintained, increased, decreased, or allowed to lapse based on the review findings.
What to do next
- Monitor proceedings for developments and potential duty changes
- Submit questionnaire responses if representing exporting producers, importers, or EU producers
- Provide comments on disclosure documents within specified deadlines
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Case R853 - Monosodium glutamate (MSG) Type: Expiry Review
Countries investigated: People's Republic of China, Indonesia
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Timeframe and key steps
This is an indicative timetable for interested parties.
Only the time limits and deadlines set out in the basic regulations and notices of initiation are legally binding.
Initiation stage
| Date of initiation | Time period envisaged for verification visits 1 |
| --- | --- |
| 15 April 2026
- Other languages | 03 August 2026
07 August 2026 |
Provisional stage
| Pre-disclosure 2 | Provisional Measures 3 | Return comments on disclosure / provisional measures 4 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Not applicable | - | Not applicable |
Definitive stage
| Return comments on final disclosure 5 | Definitive Measures 6 |
| --- | --- |
| 30 October 2026 | 15 April 2027 |
Contacts
Interested parties intending to make submissions or send correspondence to the Commission should follow the instructions given in the Notice of Initiation below
Publications
- Initiation (Other languages)
- Sampling form exporting producers
- Information on inputs for exporting producers
- Questionnaire for importers
- Questionnaire for users
- Questionnaire for the Union producers
- Questionnaire for Chinese exporters
- Questionnaire for Indonesian exporters
- Executive summary
- The Commission may carry out visits between the above stated dates to verify the questionnaire replies and other information submitted by the interested parties. ¶
- The Commission will provide information on the planned imposition of provisional duties within the deadline indicated by Section 6 of the Notice of Initiation. Interested parties will be given 3 working days to comment in writing on the accuracy of the calculations. In cases where the Commission intends not to impose provisional duties, it will inform the interested parties within the deadline indicated by Section 6 of the Notice of Initiation. ¶
- Latest date for entry into force of provisional measures (8 months from initiation in anti-dumping cases and 9 months from initiation in anti-subsidy cases). If imposed, these measures have a maximum duration of 6 months in the case of an anti-dumping investigation and 4 months in the case of an anti-subsidy investigation. Interested parties can submit comments on provisional measures. Interested parties who have co-operated in the proceedings can submit comments to the disclosure letter following its transmission to them. ¶
- Latest date for interested parties to submit comments on provisional measures or disclosure letter. ¶
- Latest date for parties which have co-operated in the proceedings to submit comments on the final disclosure letter following its transmission to them. ¶
- Latest date to publish the imposition of definitive measures or the termination of the proceedings in the Official Journal of the European Union in the case of initial investigations. Measures will normally be imposed for a period of five years with the possibility to request a review of the measures at the earliest one year after imposition. In the case of other types of investigations (e.g. reviews), this is an indicative date for the conclusion of the investigation. ¶ Last update: 16 Apr 2026
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