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

14 May 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 257/2009

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Candles, Tapers and the Like Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 562/2008 of 17 November 2008, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain candles, tapers and the like 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:2009:119:0001:0018:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

  1. Salient points are set out below-
(a) Product :

Candles, tapers and the like, other than memory lights and other outdoor burners, falling within CN codes ex 3406 00 11, ex 3406 00 19 and ex 3406 00 90 (TARIC codes 3406 00 11 90, 3406 00 19 90 and 3406 00 90 90).

For the purposes of the regulation, 'memory lights and other outdoor burners' means candles, tapers and the like which have one or more of the following characteristics :

  1. their fuel contains more than 500 ppm of toluene;

  2. their fuel contains more than 100 ppm benzene;

  3. they have a wick with a diameter of at least 5 millimetres; 

  4. they are individually contained in a plastic container with vertical walls of at least 5cm in height.
(b) Rate of Duty :

EUR 549.33 per tonne of fuel (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from EUR 0 per tonne of fuel to EUR 367.09 per tonne of fuel)
(c) Effective Date : 15 May 2009
(d) Duration : 5 years
(e) Collection of Duty :

Amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of the product concerned since 16 November 2008 shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the amount of the definitive anti-dumping duties shall be released. Where the definitive duties are higher than the provisional duties, only the amounts secured at the level of the provisional duties shall be definitively collected.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Karen 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.



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.
  • (2) The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.