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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

13 March 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 122/2007

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Tungsten Electrodes Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 362/2006 of 15 September 2006, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain tungsten electrodes originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_072/l_07220070313en00010009.pdf.

  1. Salient points are set out below -
(a) Product : Tungsten welding electrodes, including tungsten bars and rods for welding electrodes, containing 94% or more by weight of tungsten, other than those obtained simply by sintering, whether or not cut to length, falling within CN codes ex 8101 99 10 and ex 8515 90 00 (TARIC codes 8101 99 10 10 and 8515 90 00 10).
(b) Rate of Duty : 63.5% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for 3 companies whose individual duty rates range from 17.0% to 41.0%).
(c) Effective Date : 14 March 2007
(d) Duration : Five years
(e) Collection of Duty : Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of the product specified in (a) above since 15 September 2006 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the amount of the definitive duties shall be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties shall be definitely collected.

ENQUIRIES

  1. 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, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



Note ：

  • (1) 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.
  • (2) The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.