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Commercial Information Circulars
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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
9 December 2005
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 512/2005
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on
Imports of Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Originating in,
inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 208/2005 of 16 June 2005, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) originating in, inter alia, 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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Granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), containing not more than 3% of other monomer unit than tetrafluoroethylene, without fillers, in the form of powder or pellets, with the exclusion of micronised material (namely fluoropolymer micropowder as defined by norm ASTM D5675-04), falling within CN code ex 3904 61 00 (TARIC code 3904 61 00 50). The aforementioned product description also covers such products presented as raw polymer (reactor bead) in wet or dry form. |
| (b) Rate of Duty |
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55.5% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. |
| (c) Effective Date |
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9 December 2005. |
| (d) Duration |
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Five years. |
| (e) Collection of Provisional Duty |
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Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties imposed since 9 June 2005 will be definitively collected at the rate of the definitive anti-dumping duties. Any amount secured in excess of the definitive duty rates 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 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. |
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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