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

15 July 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 258/2005

European Union (EU)* : Result of an Interim Review of the Anti-dumping Measures Imposed on Imports of Bicycles Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 120/2004 of 12 May 2004, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to amend the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of bicycles originating in the mainland of China consequent to an interim review. A copy of the regulation is at Annex (pdf format)  for reference. Salient points are set out below-

BACKGROUND

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2. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of bicycles originating in the mainland of China has been imposed since 10 September 1993 at a rate of 30.6% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. Consequent to an expiry review, the duty has been extended for another five years since 15 July 2000.
3. On the basis of a request lodged by the European Bicycles Manufacturers Association (the applicant), the European Commission (the Commission) initiated the interim review on 29 April 2004. The applicant claimed that dumping and injury had recurred and that the existing measures were no longer sufficient to counteract the injurious dumping.
4. Subsequent to the interim review, the Commission concluded that the product concerned was still being dumped on the Community market and was causing material injury to the Community industry. Furthermore, the dumping margin was found to have increased to 48.5% from 30.6%, as established in the original investigation. The level of the anti-dumping duty should therefore be modified and imposed for a new five-year period.

ENQUIRIES

5. 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.