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Ref : EIC 631/3/2/1

9 March 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 115/2007

The Mainland of China : Anti-dumping Investigation against Imports of Acetone (C₃H₆O) from Japan, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and the Taiwan Province

The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) issued Notice No. 12/2007 on 9 March 2007, announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation against imports of acetone (C₃H₆O) from Japan, Singapore, the Republic of Korea and the Taiwan Province. The relevant tariff code of the General Administration of Customs is 2914 1100.

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. 9 March 2007). 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 October 2005 - 30 September 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 - 30 September 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/200703/20070304439346.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