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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
18 August 2006
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 321/2006
European
Union (EU)* : Initiation of an Anti-dumping Proceeding
Concerning
Imports of Dicyandiamide Originating in the Mainland of China
The European Commission
(the Commission) has announced the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding
on imports of dicyandiamide originating in the mainland of China. A
copy of the notice is at Annex (pdf
format) or reference. Salient points are set
out below-
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Date of Publication
of the Notice |
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17 August 2006 |
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(b) Product Coverage |
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1-cyanoguanidine (dicyandiamide), normally declared
within CN code 2926 20 00 (this CN code is given for information only). |
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(c) Procedures |
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In
view of the apparent large number of parties involved in the
proceeding, the Commission may apply sampling. To enable the
Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so,
to select a sample, all exporters/producers, or representatives
acting on their behalf should provide information requested
in paragraph 5.1 (a) (i) of the notice in question, including
contact details, turnover, production, indication of intention
to claim an individual margin, activities of their company/related
companies, and indication of agreement for being included in
the sample which implies replying to a questionnaire and accepting
an on-the-spot investigation. Such information should reach
the Commission within 15 days from 17 August 2006.
In order to obtain
necessary information for the investigation, the Commission will send
questionnaires to the Community industry, any association of producers
in the Community, sampled exporters/producers in the mainland of China,
any association of exporters/producers, importers, any association of
importers named in the complaint, and the authorities of the mainland
of China.
The Commission will also send market economy status claim forms to all
exporters/producers in the mainland of China named in the complaint
and to any association of exporters/producers named in the complaint,
and to the authorities of the mainland of China.
Duly substantiated
claims for market economy status and/or individual treatment
must reach the Commission within 15 days from 17 August
2006.
Exporters/producers
requesting for an individual margin should, within 10 days
from 17 August 2006, request a copy of the questionnaire
from the Commission. They must submit a completed questionnaire
within 40 days from 17 August 2006, unless otherwise specified.
Exporters/producers claiming individual margin should however note that
if sampling is applied, the Commission may decide not to calculate an
individual margin for them if the number of exporters/producers is so
large that individual examination would be unduly burdensome and would
prevent the timely completion of the investigation.
If sampling is applied,
exporters/producers sampled must reply to the questionnaires
within 37 days from the date of the notification of their
inclusion in the sample.
All interested
parties should, within 10 days from 17 August 2006,
request a questionnaire and other claim forms, given all questionnaire
replies must be submitted to the Commission within 40 days
from 17 August 2006, unless otherwise specified.
All interested
parties, if their representations are to be taken into account,
must make themselves known by contacting the Commission and
present their views and submit questionnaire replies or any
other information within 40 days from 17 August 2006, unless
otherwise specified. They may also apply to be heard by
the Commission within 40 days from 17 August 2006.
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 and should be sent
to the following address :
European
Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Directorate B
Office
: J-79 5/16
B-1049 Brussels
Fax : (32-2) 295 6505 |
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(d) Investigation Schedule |
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Provisional measures may be imposed no
later than 9 months from 17 August 2006. Investigation will be concluded
within 15 months from 17 August 2006. |
BACKGROUND
- The Commission
initiated the proceeding on the basis of a complaint lodged by Degussa
AG, the sole producer of dicyandiamide in the Community. It was alleged
that imports of the concerned product originating in the mainland of
China were being dumped, thereby causing material injury to the Community
industry.
ENQUIRIES
- For traders involved
in the exports of the subject product in the Guangdong Province, please
contact Mr Chen Li-peng, Director of the Bureau of Fair Trade for Import
and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade and Economic
Cooperation, at telephone no. 8620 3881 9913, or Ms Shuai Hai-yan, Deputy
Director, at telephone no. 8620 3881 9915. The Bureau is responsible
for, among others, conducting anti-dumping investigations, and guiding
and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to
anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
- For enquiries
about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at
telephone no. 2398 5350.
Yours faithfully,
(Bill WONG)
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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please call the following service providers:
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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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