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Ref : EIC 111/3/10/1

21 May 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 388/2013

US : Anti-dumping Action against Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire from the Mainland of China : Initiation of Investigation

International Trade Administration of the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 20 May 2013 the initiation of anti-dumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of prestressed concrete steel rail tie from the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value. The relevant FR notice is available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-05-20/pdf/2013-11970.pdf.

2. Exporters and producers wishing to obtain separate-rate status in the anti-dumping investigation are required to submit a separate-rate status application. The specific requirements for submitting the separate-rate application are detailed in the application itself, which is available on the DoC's website at http://trade.gov/ia/ia-highlights-and-news.html. The separate-rate application is due 60 days after publication of the FR notice. Also, exporters and producers who submit a separate-rate status and are selected as mandatory respondents are required to respond to all parts of the questionnaire as mandatory respondents to be eligible for separate-rate status. DoC requests respondents to submit a response to the separate-rate application by the deadlines in order to receive consideration for separate-rate status.

ENQUIRIES

3. For traders involved in the exports of the subject product(s) in the Guangdong Province, please contact Chen Li-peng, Director of the Bureau of Fair Trade for Import and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, at 8620 3881 9913. The Bureau is responsible for, among others, conducting anti-dumping investigations, and guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the Guangdong Province.

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Linda Ng)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.