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

22 June 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 242/2007

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

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 518 /2006 of 29 December 2006, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain saddles 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_160/l_16020070621en00010007.pdf.

2. Salient points are set out below -

(a) Product : Saddles and essential parts thereof i.e., bases, cushions and covers, of bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised, of cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor with or without sidecars, of fitness machines and of home trainers, falling within CN codes 8714 95 00, ex 8714 99 90 and ex 9506 91 10 (TARIC codes 8714 99 90 81 and 9506 91 10 10).
(b) Rate of Duty : 29.6% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for 6 companies whose individual duty rates range from 0% to 5.8%).
(c) Effective Date : 22 June 2007
(d) Duration : Five years
(e) Collection
of Duty		 : Amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of certain saddles since 29 December 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, Slovakia, 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.