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

12 March 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 133/2009

European Union (EU)* : Granting "New Exporting Producer Treatment" to Certain Exporting Producers for the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Certain Plastic Sacks and Bags Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 180/2008 of 20 March 2008, the Council of the EU has published a regulation announcing its decision to grant "New Exporting Producer Treatment (NEPT)" for the definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain plastic sacks and bags originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China to certain exporting producers consequent to the NEPT examination. The regulation can be accessed through the following link : 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:067:0005:0006:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. Salient points are set out below -

   (a) Product	:	Plastic sacks and bags, containing at least 20% by weight of polyethylene and of sheeting of a thickness not exceeding 100 micrometres(μm), currently classifiable within CN codes ex 3923 21 00, ex 3923 29 10 and ex 3923 29 90 (TARIC codes 3923 21 00 20, 3923 29 10 20 and 3923 29 90 20).
   (b) Amended Individual Rate of Duty	:	The companies named in Article 1 of the regulation are granted the duty rate applicable to the cooperating companies not included in the sample in the original investigation (i.e. 8.4%).
   (c) Effective Date	:	13 March 2009

BACKGROUND

3. Definitive anti-dumping duties on certain plastic sacks and bags originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China have been imposed since 30 September 2006. The current duty in force is 28.8% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (details can be found in Commercial Information Circular No. 388/2006 of 29 September 2006 and No. 180/2008 of 20 March 2008).

ENQUIRIES

4. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Chandler CHAN)

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.