欧盟国家已向欧盟委员会提交申请，要求采取措施限制PET进口。PET是一种广泛用于包装的塑料。欧盟贸易律师表示，进口激增正在损害国内产业。
EU countries have filed a request with the European Commission for measures to curb imports of PET, the plastic widely used in packaging, arguing that a surge in inbound shipments is harming the domestic industry, EU trade lawyers said.
该申请涉及潜在的保障措施，该措施将为每个出口国设定进口配额，并可能阻止或对超出配额的数量征收关税。欧盟委员会作为该申请的处理机构，有30天时间决定是否启动调查。
The request concerns potential safeguard measures, which would set import quotas per exporting country and either prevent or impose tariffs on out-of-quota volumes. The EU's executive Commission, which will handle the request, has 30 days to determine whether to open an investigation.
律师未透露具体是哪些国家提出申请。欧盟主要的PET树脂生产国包括比利时、立陶宛、德国、波兰和葡萄牙。
The lawyers did not name the countries. Large EU PET resin producers include Belgium, Lithuania, Germany, Poland and Portugal.
上周，欧盟委员会与北京达成协议，将中国混合动力汽车的年进口量限制在35万辆，该措施将采取保障形式，并同时适用于其他欧盟贸易伙伴。
The Commission last week secured an agreement with Beijing to limit imports of hybrid cars from China to 350,000 per year, which will take the form of a safeguard and also apply to other EU trading partners.
欧盟领导人将于周四在布鲁塞尔举行峰会，届时预计将阐述欧盟应采取何种后续措施以限制对华进口。近年来，中国对欧盟的出口激增，导致去年欧盟对华商品贸易逆差达到3600亿欧元（约合4020亿美元）。
EU leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels on Thursday are expected to lay out what the bloc should do next to limit Chinese exports to the EU, which have spiked, driving the bloc's goods trade deficit with China to €360 billion ($402 billion) last year.
PET行业已数月来一直在推动采取相应措施，但贸易律师表示，欧盟委员会仅在上周才批准受理该投诉，从而促成了此次申请的提交。
The PET industry has been pushing for measures for some months, but trade lawyers said that the Commission only gave the green light to handle the complaint last week, prompting the filing.
此案将涉及PET供应链的多个层面。欧盟曾在2023年对原产于中国的PET树脂征收反倾销税，税率区间为6.6%至24.2%。目前，向欧盟出口该产品的主要国家是土耳其、越南和埃及。欧盟委员会尚未就置评请求作出即时回应。
The case would address multiple layers of the PET supply chain. The European Union imposed anti-dumping duties of between 6.6% and 24.2% on PET resin coming from China in 2023. The dominant countries exporting that product to the EU are now Turkey, Vietnam and Egypt. The European Commission did not immediately respond to a request for comment.