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Ref : EIC 631/3/2/1

30 August 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 342/2006

The Mainland of China : Anti-dumping Investigation against Imports of
Bisphenol-A (C₁₅H₁₆O₂) from Japan, the Republic of Korea, 
Singapore and the Taiwan Province

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued Notice No. 69/2006 on 30 August 2006, announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation against imports of Bisphenol-A (C₁₅H₁₆O₂) from Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and the Taiwan Province. The relevant tariff code of the General Administration of Customs is 2907 2300.

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2. Interested parties may approach the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports and the Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation of the MOC to participate in the defence of anti-dumping and industry injury investigation respectively within 20 days from the date of the announcement (i.e. 30 August 2006). In the applications to the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports, the interested parties should submit information about the quantity and value of the investigated products exported to the Mainland during the period 1 April 2005 - 31 March 2006. In the applications to the Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation, the interested parties should submit information about their manufacturing capacity, production volume, inventory level, quantity and value of the investigated products exported to the Mainland, as well as the details of any expansion plans during the period 1 January 2003 - 31 March 2006. The contact details of the two Bureaux are as follows :

3. For details, please make reference to the notice issued by MOC at:
   http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/aarticle/b/c/200608/20060803012778.html (Chinese version only).

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4. If you have any enquiries on the content of this circular, please contact Ms Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.

Yours faithfully,

(Hugo CHIU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry