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Commercial
Information Circulars
24-hour hotline : 23 922 922
e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
2 August 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 288/2005
European
Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping
Duty on Imports of
Tartaric Acid Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial
Information Circular No. 279/2004 of 6 November 2004, the European Commission
(the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional
anti-dumping duty on imports of tartaric acid 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 |
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Tartaric
acid, falling within CN code 2918 12 00. |
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(b) Rate of Duty |
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34.9% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price
before duty (except for three companies with individual duty ranging
from 2.4% to 13.8%). |
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(c) Effective Date |
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30 July 2005 (the duty will apply for 6 months). |
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(d) Collection of Duty |
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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. |
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(e) Time Limit for Comments |
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Interested parties may make their views known in writing and
apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from
30 July 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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Electronic
services for 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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