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Commercial Information
Circulars
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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
14 December 2004
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 320/2004
European
Union (EU)* : Result of Expiry Review of the Anti-dumping
Measures on
Imports of Certain Ring Binder Mechanisms Originating in the Mainland
of China
Further to Commercial
Information Circular No. 21/2002 of 31 January 2002, the Council of
the EU (the Council) has published a regulation announcing the decision
to maintain the anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain ring
binder mechanisms originating in the mainland of China consequent to
an expiry review. A copy of the regulation is at Annex
(pdf format) for reference.
Salient points are set out below -
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(a) Product |
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Ring binder mechanisms consisting of two rectangular steel
sheets or wires with at least four half-rings made of steel wire fixed
on them and which are kept together by a steel cover, opened either
by pulling the half-rings or with a small steel-made trigger mechanism
fixed to the ring binder mechanisms, classified within CN code ex 8305
1000. |
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(b) Rate of Duty |
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The rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty applicable
to the net, free-at-Community-frontier price, before duty, shall be
as follows -
(i) for mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings
(TARIC codes 8305
10 00 21, 8305 10 00 22 and 8305 10 00 29), the amount of duty shall
be equal to the difference between the minimum import price of EUR 325
per 1000 pieces and the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before
duty;
(ii) for mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings
(TARIC
codes 8305 10 00 11, 8305 10 00 12 and 8305 10 00 19), the rate of duty
is 78.8% (except for one company with an individual duty rate at
51.2%).
The
customs duties shall apply for the products concerned, unless otherwise
specified. |
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(c) Effective Date |
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5 December 2004 |
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(d) Duration |
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Four
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BACKGROUND
- Definitive anti-dumping duties on certain ring binder mechanisms
originating in the mainland of China have been imposed since 25 January
1997. The rate of duty for mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings was the difference
between the minimum import price of ECU 325 per 1,000 pieces and the
free-at-Community-frontier not cleared through customs price. The rate
of duty for mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings was 39.4%
of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty except for
one company at 32.5%. Following an interim review, the rate of duty
has been revised since 6 October 2000. The revised rate for mechanisms
other than those with 17 or 23 rings was 78.8% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier
price before duty (except for one company at 51.2%) while the duty rate
for mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings was maintained.
- On 23 October 2001, two Community producers, Koloman Handler AG and
Krause Ringbuchtechnik GmbH requested an expiry review alleging that
there would be a continuation or recurrence of dumping and injury to
the Community industry with the expiry of the anti-dumping duty. The
Commission therefore initiated an expiry review on 24 January 2002.
The anti-dumping duty remained in force pending the outcome of the expiry
review.
- Based on the findings of a circumvention investigation, the Council
further extended, with effect from 2 July 2004, the definitive anti-dumping
duty imposed on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating
in the mainland of China to imports of the same products consigned from
Vietnam, whether declared as originating in Vietnam or not (TARIC codes
8305 10 00 11 and 8305 10 00 21).
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
* 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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