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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
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-
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(a) Product |
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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). |
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(b) Rate of Duty |
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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). |
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(c) Effective Date |
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30 January 2005 (the duty will apply for 6 months). |
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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 January 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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