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Commercial Information
Circulars
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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
7
December 2004
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 312/2004
European
Union (EU)* :
Extension of the Definitive Anti-dumping Duty
Imposed on Imports of Certain Tube or Pipe Fittings of Iron or Steel
Originating in the Mainland of China to Imports of the Same Products
Consigned : (i) from Indonesia, Whether Declared as Originating in Indonesia
or Not, and (ii) from Sri Lanka, Whether Declared as Originating in
Sri Lanka or Not
Further to Commercial
Information Circular No. 66/2004 of 11 March 2004, the Council of the
EU (the Council) has published two regulations to extend the definitive
anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain tube or pipe fittings
of iron or steel originating in the mainland of China to imports of
the same products consigned: (i) from Indonesia, whether declared as
originating in Indonesia or not, and (ii) from Sri Lanka, whether declared
as originating in Sri Lanka or not. Copies of the two regulations are
at Annex I and II
(pdf format) for reference.
DETAILS
- 2.The European Commission (the Commission)
published regulations on 3 March 2004 to initiate two separate investigations
into the alleged circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed on
imports of certain tube or pipe fittings of iron or steel originating
in, inter alia, the mainland of China by imports of the same products
consigned from Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
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Based on the findings of the circumvention
investigations, the Council has decided that with effect from 2
December 2004, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports
of certain tube or pipe fittings of iron or steel originating in
the mainland of China, falling within CN codes ex 7307 93 11, ex
7307 93 19, ex 7307 99 30 and ex 7307 99 90, is extended to imports
of the same products consigned: (i) from Indonesia, whether declared
as originating in Indonesia or not (TARIC codes 7307 93 11 93, 7307
93 19 93, 7307 99 30 93 and 7307 99 90 93), and (ii) from Sri Lanka,
whether declared as originating in Sri Lanka or not (TARIC codes
7307 93 11 94, 7307 93 19 94, 7307 99 30 94 and 7307 99 90 94).
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Producers concerned which intend to
lodge a request for an exemption from the extended anti-dumping
duty are required to complete a questionnaire in order to enable
the Commission to determine whether an exemption may be warranted.
Requests for exemption should be made in writing in one of the official
languages of the Community and must be signed by a person authorised
to represent the applicant. The request must be sent to the following
address:
European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate B
J-79 5/16
B-1049 Brussels
Fax : (32-2) 295 65 05
Telex : COMEU B 21877
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With the extension of the anti-dumping
duty, the registration requirement on imports of certain tube or
pipe fittings of iron or steel consigned: (i) from Indonesia, whether
declared as originating in Indonesia or not, falling within TARIC
codes 7307 93 11 93, 7307 93 19 93, 7307 99 30 93 and 7307 99 90
93, and (ii) from Sri Lanka, whether declared as originating in
Sri Lanka or not, falling within TARIC codes 7307 93 11 94, 7307
93 19 94, 7307 99 30 94 and 7307 99 90 94, is discontinued.
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Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports
of certain tube or pipe fittings of iron or steel originating in,
inter alia, the mainland of China has been imposed since 4 April
1996. The rate of duty is 58.6% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier
price before duty.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries concerning the content
of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number
2398 5351.
Yours faithfully,
(Ricky CHENG)
for Director-General
of Trade and Industry
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The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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Electronic services for Restrained Textiles
Export Licence, Production Notification and Certificate of Origin
enable traders to make the relevant applications directly through
their office computer faster and easier. Electronic service
has now been extended to the submission of Cargo Manifests and
Textiles Notifications.
For details and enquiries, please call Tradelink at 2599
1700.
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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.
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