Commercial Information Circulars

Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13 VIII

28 April 1998

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 51/98

European Union (EU) : Imposition of Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Tungsten Carbide and Fused Tungsten Carbide Originating in the
People's Republic of China (PRC)

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 128/95 of 4 October 1995, the Council of the European Union has published a regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide originating in the PRC after the conclusion of an expiry review. A copy of the regulation is appended to this circular for reference.

DETAILS

The European Commission initiated in September 1995 an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide originating in the PRC since September 1990. Findings of the review indicated that in the absence of anti-dumping measures, there is a likelihood of a recurrence of injury to the Community industry. The Commission therefore decided to maintain the anti-dumping measures on the products. Details of the measure are as follows :

1. Products:           Tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide, falling within CN code 2849 9030;
2. Rate of Duty:      33% of the net, free-at-community-frontier price, before duty; and
3. Effective Date:   10 April 1998.

ENQUIRIES

2. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5351.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Priscilla LIU)

for Director-General of Trade

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.