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Ref : CR EIC 230/2/1/1/2

19 October 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 524/2009

European Union (EU)* : Impending Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Polyester Staple Fibres Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 469/2008 of 17 September 2008, the European Commission has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of polyester staple fibres originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice dated 17 October 2009 can be accessed through the following link :

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:249:0019:0019:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of polyester staple fibres originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 18 March 2005. The rate of duty is 49.7% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for six companies with individual duty rates ranging from 4.9% to 26.3%).

3. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire on 18 March 2010.

ENQUIRIES

4. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Mrs. Tracy Kwan/Ms Ann Leung at 3403 6352 or the undersigned at 2398 5427.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Carmen Shiu)
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.