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Ref : EIC 413/3

17 December 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1019/2013

Brazil : Final Determination of Anti-dumping Investigation against Certain Line Pipe Originating in the Mainland of China

The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of Brazil issued a Resolution No. 94/2013 on 4 November 2013 announcing its final determination that seamless carbon steel line pipe used for oil and gas pipelines, with an external diameter exceeding 5 inches (141.3 mm) but not more than 14 inches (355.6 mm) classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur¹) Common Classification (NCM) code 7304.19.00 for certain companies will be subject to an AD duty of US$778.99 per tonne from 4 November 2013 to 3 November 2018. Imports from all other suppliers will be subject to an AD duty of US$835.47 per tonne. The Brazilian Resolution (in Portuguese) is available at: http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1142.

ENQUIRIES

2.For traders involved in the export of the subject product in the Guangdong Province, please contact Zhang Ping, Director of the Bureau of Fair Trade for Import and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, at 8620 3881 9932. The Bureau is responsible for, among others, conducting antidumping investigations, and guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong province in responding to antidumping investigations against products from the Guangdong Province.

3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

^1. The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.