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Commercial
Information Circulars
24-hour hotline : 23 922 922
e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk
Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
1
February 2008
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 98/2008
European
Union (EU)* : Initiation of an Anti-dumping Proceeding
Concerning Stainless
Steel Cold Rolled Flat Products Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland
of China
The European Commission
(the Commission) has announced the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding
on imports of stainless steel cold rolled flat products originating
in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through
the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:029:0013:0017:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
- Salient points
are set out below -
| (a)
Date of Publication of the Notice |
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1
February 2008 |
| (b)
Product Coverage |
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Flat-rolled
products of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled
(cold-reduced), normally declared within CN codes 7219 31 00, 7219
32 10, 7219 32 90, 7219 33 10, 7219 33 90, 7219 34 10, 7219 34 90,
7219 35 10, 7219 35 90, 7220 20 21, 7220 20 29, 7220 20 41, 7220
20 49, 7220 20 81 and 7220 20 89 (these CN codes are given for information
only).
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| (c)
Procedures |
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In view of
the apparent large number of parties involved in the proceeding,
the Commission may apply sampling. To enable the Commission to
decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample,
all exporters/producers, or representatives acting on their behalf
should provide information requested in paragraph 5.1. (a) (i)
of the notice in question, including contact details, turnover,
activities of their company/related companies, and indication
of agreement for being included in the sample which implies replying
to a questionnaire and accepting an on-the-spot investigation.
Such information should reach the Commission within 15 days
from 1 February 2008. All interested parties wishing to submit
any relevant information regarding the selection of the sample
must do so within 21 days from 1 February 2008.
The Commission
intends to make the final selection of the samples after having
consulted the parties concerned that have expressed their willingness
to be included in the sample.
In order to
obtain necessary information for the investigation, the Commission
will send questionnaires to the sampled Community industry, any
association of producers in the Community, the sampled exporters/producers
in the Mainland of China, any association of exporters/producers,
the sampled importers, any association of importers named in the
complaint, known users and the authorities of the Mainland of
China.
The Commission
will also send market economy status claim forms to all exporters/producers
in the Mainland of China who have either been included in the
sample or named in the complaint, to any association of exporters/producers
named in the complaint, and to the authorities of the Mainland
of China. Duly substantiated claims for market economy status
and/or for individual treatment must reach the Commission within
15 days from 1 February 2008.
Exporters/producers
requesting for an individual margin should, within 10 days
from 1 February 2008, request a copy of the questionnaire
from the Commission. They must submit a completed questionnaire
within 40 days from 1 February 2008, unless otherwise specified.
Exporters/producers
claiming individual margin should however note that if sampling
is applied, the Commission may decide not to calculate an individual
margin for them if the number of exporters/producers is so large
that individual examination would be unduly burdensome and would
prevent the timely completion of the investigation.
If sampling
is applied, exporters/producers sampled must reply to the questionnaires
within 37 days from the date of the notification of their inclusion
in the sample.
All interested
parties, if their representations are to be taken into account,
must make themselves known by contacting the Commission and present
their views and submit questionnaire replies or any other information
within 40 days from 1 February 2008, unless otherwise specified.
They may also apply to be heard by the Commission within 40
days from 1 February 2008.
It is envisaged
to choose Mexico as a market economy country for the purpose
of establishing normal value in respect of the Mainland of China.
Interested parties are invited to comment on the appropriateness
of this choice within 10 days from 1 February 2008.
All correspondence
must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise
specified) indicating the name, address, e-mail address, telephone
and fax numbers of the interested party and should be sent to
the following address :
European Commission
Directorate General for Trade
Directorate H
Office : J-79 4/23
B-1049 Brussels
Fax : (32-2) 295 65 05
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| (d)
Investigation Schedule |
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Provisional
measures may be imposed no later than 9 months from 1 February 2008.
Investigation will be concluded within 15 months from 1 February
2008.
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BACKGROUND
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The Commission
initiated the proceeding on the basis of a complaint lodged by the
EUROFER representing more than 25% of the total Community production
of stainless steel cold rolled flat products. It was alleged that
imports of the concerned product originating in the Mainland of China
were being dumped, thereby causing material injury to the Community
industry.
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The Commission
initiated a separate anti-dumping proceeding on imports of
certain hot-dipped metallic-coated iron or steel flat-rolled products
originating in the Mainland of China on 14 December 2007. Investigation
will be concluded within 15 months from 14 December 2007 (for more
details, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No. 510/2007).
ENQUIRIES
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For traders
involved in the exports of the subject product in the Guangdong Province,
please contact Mr Chen Li-peng, Director of the Bureau of Fair Trade
for Import and Export under the Guangdong Department of Foreign Trade
and Economic Cooperation, at telephone no. 8620 3881 9913, or Ms Shuai
Hai-yan, Deputy Director, at telephone no. 8620 3881 9915. The Bureau
is responsible for, among others, conducting anti-dumping investigations,
and guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in
responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the
province.
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For enquiries
concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned
at telephone no. 2398 5351.
Yours faithfully,
(TANG Yu Him)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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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.
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services for Production Notification and Certificate of Origin
enable traders to make the relevant applications directly through
their office computer faster and easier. Electronic service has
now been extended to the lodgement of Cargo Manifests and Textiles
Notifications. For details and enquiries,
please call the following service providers:
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e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
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| 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.
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| Note
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