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

17 November 2008

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 563/2008

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Pre- and Post-stressing Wires and Wire Strands of Non-alloy Steel (PSC Wires and Strands) Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 120/2008 of 18 February 2008, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain pre- and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel (PSC wires and strands) originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:306:0005:0021:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. Salient points are set out below -

   (a) Product	:	Wire of non-alloy steel (not plated or not coated or plated or coated with zinc) and stranded wire of non-alloy steel (whether or not plated or coated), containing by weight 0.6% or more of carbon, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3mm, falling within CN codes ex 7217 10 90, ex 7217 20 90, ex 7312 10 61, ex 7312 10 65 and ex 7312 10 69 (TARIC codes 7217 10 90 10, 7217 20 90 10, 7312 10 61 11, 7312 10 61 91, 7312 10 65 11, 7312 10 65 91, 7312 10 69 11 and 7312 10 69 91).
   (b) Rate of Duty	:	52.2% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for 3 companies whose individual duty rates range from 2.1% to 30.8%).
   (c) Effective Date	:	16 November 2008 (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 16 November 2008.

ENQUIRIES

3. 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.