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

31 October 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 445/2005

European Union (EU)* : Notice of Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Certain Electronic Weighing Scales Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 80/2005 of 4 March 2005, the European Commission has published a notice to announce the expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in, inter alia, the mainland of China. A copy of the notice is at Annex (pdf format)for reference.

DETAILS

2. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain electronic weighing scales originating in, inter alia, the mainland of China has been imposed since 1 December 2000 at a rate of 30.7% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. In the absence of any request for an expiry review, the anti-dumping duty on the product concerned will expire on 1 December 2005.

ENQUIRIES

3. For enquiries concerning the contents 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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