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

2 February 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 60/2009

European Union (EU) * : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 425/2007 of 9 November 2007, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners 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:2009:029:0001:0035:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

  1.  
  2. Salient points are set out below -
(a) Product : Iron or steel fasteners, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws turned from bars, rods, profiles or wire, of solid section, of shank thickness not exceeding 6 mm and excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material) and washers, normally declared within CN codes 7318 12 90, 7318 14 91, 7318 14 99, 7318 15 59, 7318 15 69, 7318 15 81, and 7318 15 89, ex 7318 15 90, ex 7318 21 00 and ex 7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318 15 90 19, 7318 15 90 69, 7318 15 90 89, 7318 21 00 29, 7318 21 00 99, 7318 22 00 29 and 7318 22 00 99).
(b) Rate of Duty : 85.0% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty (except for those companies listed in Article 1 of the regulation whose individual duty rates range from 0.0% and 79.5%).
(c) Effective Date : 1 February 2009
(d) Duration : 5 years

ENQUIRIES

  1. 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.



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.