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

12 June 2008

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 325/2008

European Union (EU)* : Impending Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Ring Binder Mechanisms Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 24/2006 of 13 January 2006, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:146:0033:0033:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. Definitive anti-dumping duties on certain ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 25 January 1997. The current duty rate for mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings is the differences between minimum import price of EUR 325 per 1,000 pieces and the net, free-at-Community-frontier before duty. As for mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings, the current duty rate is 78.8% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. Consequent to an expiry review, the anti-dumping duties have been extended for another four years since 5 December 2004. Furthermore, based on the findings of two separate circumvention investigations, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China has been extended to imports of the same products consigned from Vietnam and Lao People's Democratic Republic, whether declared as originating in Vietnam and Lao People's Democratic Republic or not.

3. The Commission initiated another investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China by imports of the same product consigned from Thailand, whether slightly modified or not and whether declared as originating in Thailand or not, and by imports of certain slightly modified ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China on 6 December 2007. The investigation is still under way.

4. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire on 5 December 2008.

ENQUIRIES

5. For enquiries concerning the content 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.