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

26 April 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 186/2007

European Union (EU)* :  Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Ironing Boards Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 428/2006 of 1 November 2006, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_109/l_10920070426en00120021.pdf.

  1. Salient points are set out below -
(a) Product : Ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest, falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 90, ex 4421 90 98, ex 7323 93 90, ex 7323 99 91, ex 7323 99 99, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924 90 90 10, 4421 90 98 10, 7323 93 90 10, 7323 99 91 10, 7323 99 99 10, 8516 79 70 10 and 8516 90 00 51).
(b) Rate of Duty : 38.1% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for 5 companies whose individual duty rates range from 0% to 36.5%).
(c) Effective Date : 27 April 2007
(d) Duration : Five years
(e) Collection of Duty : Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards since 1 November 2006 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the amount of the definitive duty shall be released.

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.