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

5 February 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 47/2005

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 123/2004 of 12 May 2004, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional 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 60.8 per tonne (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are EUR 20.6 per tonne and EUR 45.7 per tonne).
(c) Effective Date : 30 January 2005 (the duty will apply for 6 months).
(d) Collection of Duty  : 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.
(e) Time Limit for Comments : Interested parties may make their views known in writing and apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from 30 January 2005.

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  2. 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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