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

17 December 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 628/2009

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Cargo Scanning Systems Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 145/2009 of 18 March 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cargo scanning systems 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:2009:332:0060:0072:EN:PDF

DETAILS

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

Systems for scanning of cargo, based on the use of neutron technology or based on the use of X-rays with an X-ray source of 250 KeV or more or based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, currently falling within CN codes ex 9022 19 00, ex 9022 29 00, ex 9027 80 17 and ex 9030 10 00 (TARIC codes 9022 19 00 10, 9022 29 00 10, 9027 80 17 10 and 9030 10 00 91) and motor vehicles equipped with such systems currently falling within CN code ex 8705 90 90 (TARIC code 8705 90 90 10).
(b) Rate of Duty : 36.6% of the net, free-at-European Union-frontier price before duty.
(c) Effective Date : 18 December 2009 (the duty will apply for 6 months).
(d) Collection of Duty :

The release of the product for free circulation in the European Union shall be subject to the provision of a security equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty.
(e) Time Limit for Comments :

Interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard by the Commission within one month from 18 December 2009.

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.