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Ref :EIC 230/2/3/2/13
25 May 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 177/2005
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Stainless Steel Fasteners and Parts Thereof Originating in,inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 208/2004 of 28 August 2004, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof originating in, inter alia, the mainland of China. A copy (pdf format) of the regulation is at Attachment for reference. Salient points are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Certain stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof, falling within CN codes 7318 12 10, 7318 14 10, 7318 15 30, 7318 15 51, 7318 15 61 and 7318 15 70. |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : |
27.4% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 11.4% and 12.2% respectively). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 22 May 2005 (the duty will apply for 6 months). |
| (d) Collection of Duty | : | The release of the product for free circulation in the Community shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
| (e) Time Limit for Comments | : | Interested parties may make their views known in writing and apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from 22 May 2005. |
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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