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Commercial
Information Circulars
24-hour hotline : 23 922 922
e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : CR EIC 230/2/3/1/18
24
October 2006
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 418/2006
European
Union (EU)* : Termination of the Anti-dumping Proceeding
Concerning
Imports of Recordable Digital Versatile Discs Originating in Hong Kong
Further to Commercial
Information Circular No. 172/2006 of 6 May 2006, the European Commission
(the Commission) published a decision on 24 October 2006 to terminate
the anti-dumping (AD) proceeding concerning imports of recordable digital
versatile discs (DVD+/-Rs) originating in Hong Kong. A copy of the decision
is at Annex (pdf format) for reference.
DETAILS
- On 6 August
2005, the Commission initiated AD proceeding against imports of DVD+/-Rs
originating in, inter alia, Hong Kong, on the basis of a complaint
lodged by the Committee of European CD-R and DVD+/-R Manufacturers.
By the deadline of 5 May 2006 for imposition of provisional AD duty,
the Commission decided against imposing any AD duty on Hong Kong-origin
DVD+/-Rs before conclusion of the investigation.
- Despite claiming
to have established the existence of dumping and injury resulting
from it, the Commission considered that imposition of AD measures
in this particular case would have substantial negative effects on
importers, distributors, retailers and consumers of the product concerned
but would unlikely benefit the Community industry significantly. The
Commission therefore decided that compelling reasons exist on Community
interest grounds not to adopt AD measures and that the AD proceeding
concerning Hong Kong-origin DVD+/-Rs should be terminated.
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries
concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned
at telephone number 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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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 the following service providers:
Global
e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel. : 2599 1700)
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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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