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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
17 September 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 377/2005
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Finished Polyester Filament Fabrics Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 100/2005 of 23 March 2005, the European Commission has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and collect definitely the provisional duty on imports of certain finished polyester filament fabrics 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 : | Woven fabrics of synthetic filament yarn containing 85% or more by weight of textured and/or non-textured polyester filament, dyed (including dyed white) or printed, falling within CN codes ex 5407 51 00 (TARIC code 5407 51 00 10), 5407 52 00, 5407 54 00, ex 5407 61 10 (TARIC code 5407 61 10 10), 5407 61 30, 5407 61 90, ex 5407 69 10 (TARIC code 5407 69 10 10) and ex 5407 69 90 (TARIC code 5407 69 90 10) |
| (b) | Rate of Duty : | 56.2% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for the 45 companies with individual duty rates ranging from 14.1% to 56.2%). |
| (c) | Effective Date : | 17 September 2005 |
| (d) | Duration : | Five years |
| (e) | Collection of Provisional Duty : | Amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed since 17 March 2005 will be definitively collected at the rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty. Any amount secured in excess of the definitive duty rate 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
- For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5427.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Jenny Tsang)
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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