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

23 July 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 273/2005

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Barium Carbonate Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 47/2005 of 5 February 2005, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of barium carbonate originating in the mainland of China. A copy of the regulation is at Annex (pdf format)for reference. Salient points are set out below-

(a) Product : Barium carbonate with a strontium content of more than 0.07% by weight and a sulphur content of more than 0.0015% by weight, whether in powder, pressed granular or calcined granular form, falling within CN code ex 2836 60 00 (TARIC code 2836 60 00 10).
(b) Rate of Duty : EUR 56.4 per tonne (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are EUR 6.3 per tonne and EUR 8.1 per tonne).
(c) Effective Date : 22 July 2005
(d) Duration : Five years
(e) Collection of Provisional Duty : Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties imposed since 30 January 2005 will be definitively collected at the rate of the definitive anti-dumping duties. The amounts secured in excess of the amount of the definitive anti-dumping duties will be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties will be definitively collected.

ENQUIRIES

  1. 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.



  • 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.