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Commercial Information Circulars

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

29 August 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 316/2007

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Ferro-silicon Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 471/2006 of 30 November 2006, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ferro-silicon 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_223/l_22320070829en00010027.pdf .

  1.  
  2. Salient points are set out below –
(a) Product : Ferro-silicon, falling within CN codes 7202 21 00, 7202 29 10 and 7202 29 90.
(b) Rate of Duty : 35.5% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for 2 companies whose individual duty rates are 2.8% and 33.7%).
(c) Effective Date : 30 August 2007 (the duty will apply for 6 months).
(d) Collection of Duty : The release of the product for free circulation in the Community shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
(e) Time Limit for Comments : Interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from 30 August 2007.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5351.

Yours faithfully,




(TANG Yu Him)

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.