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Ref : CR EIC 230/2/1/1/2

29 December 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 553/2005

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of a Partial Interim Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Synthetic Staple Fibres of Polyesters Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 101/2005 of 23 March 2005, the European Commission (EC) has published a notice to initiate a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of synthetic staple fibres of polyesters (hereafter 'the product concerned') originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. A copy of the notice is at Annex (pdf format) for reference.

DETAILS

Grounds for the Review

The EC has decided on its own initiative to initiate a partial interim review on 22 December 2005. Based on the EC's information, low melt polyester staple fibres (LMP) should be excluded from the scope of the product concerned as it appears to have different basic physical and chemical characteristics and end uses in comparison to other types of polyester staple fibres. In particular, LMP appears to have inherent binding properties which differentiate it from other polyester staple fibres.

Review Procedure

Salient points of the partial interim review are set out below-

(a) Date of Publication of the Notice of Initiation	:	22 December 2005
(b) Product under Review	:	Synthetic staple fibres of polyesters, not carded, combed or otherwise processed for spinning, currently classifiable within CN code 5503 20 00 (this CN code is given for information only).
(c) Procedures	:	In order to obtain information for the investigation, the EC will send questionnaires to the importers, to the users, to the Community industry, to exporting producers in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, and to the authorities of all the countries concerned. All interested parties may in writing present their views, submit questionnaire replies and provide supporting evidence to the EC within 40 days from 22 December 2005, unless otherwise specified. Interested parties may also apply to be heard by the EC within the same timeframe. All correspondence must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) indicating the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party. The EC address for correspondence is: European Commission Directorate General for Trade Directorate B Office: J-79 5/16 B-1049 Brussels Fax : (32-2) 295 65 05

Background

Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester staple fibres originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 18 March 2005. The rate of duty is 49.7% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for individual companies with duty rates ranging from 4.9% to 26.3%). For details, please refer to the Commercial Information Circular No. 101/2005 of 23 March 2005 which is accessible from the Department's web portal as follows:
http://www.tid.gov.hk/english/aboutus/tradecircular/cic/eu/2005/ci1012005.html

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5427.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Jenny Tsang)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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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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