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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
19 December 2008
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 651/2008
European Union (EU) * : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Welded Tubes and Pipes of Iron or Non-alloy Steel Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 357/2007 of 27 September 2007, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain welded tubes and pipes of iron or non-alloy steel originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:343:0001:0038:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
- Salient points are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Welded tubes and pipes, of iron or non-alloy steel, of circular cross-section and of an external diameter not exceeding 168.3mm, excluding line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas pipelines, casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas, precision tubes and tubes and pipes with attached fittings suitable for conducting gases or liquids for use in civil aircraft, falling within CN codes ex 7306 30 41, ex 7306 30 49, ex 7306 30 72 and ex 7306 30 77 (TARIC codes 7306 30 41 20, 7306 30 49 20, 7306 30 72 80 and 7306 30 77 80). |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 90.6% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 20 December 2008 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
ENQUIRIES
- 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
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