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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
17 November 2010
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 527/2010
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Coated Fine Paper Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 84/2010 of 18 February 2010, the European Commission has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of coated fine paper 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:2010:299:0007:0028:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
- Salient points are set out below –
(a) Product | : | Coated fine paper, which is paper or paperboard coated on one or both sides (excluding kraft paper or kraft paperboard), in either sheets or rolls, and with a weight of 70g/m2 or more but not exceeding 400g/m2 and brightness of more than 84 (measured according to ISO 2470-1), currently falling within CN codes ex 4810 13 20, ex 4810 13 80, ex 4810 14 20, ex 4810 14 80, ex 4810 19 10, ex 4810 19 90, ex 4810 22 10, ex 4810 22 90, ex 4810 29 30, ex 4810 29 80, ex 4810 99 10, ex 4810 99 30 and ex 4810 99 90 (TARIC codes 4810 13 20 20, 4810 13 80 20, 4810 14 20 20, 4810 14 80 20, 4810 19 10 20, 4810 19 90 20, 4810 22 10 20, 4810 22 90 20, 4810 29 30 20, 4810 29 80 20, 4810 99 10 20, 4810 99 30 20 and 4810 99 90 20). |
(b) Rate of Duty | : | 39.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 19.7%) |
(c) Effective Date | : | 18 November 2010 (the duty will apply for 6 months). |
(d) Collection of Duty | : | The release of the product for free circulation in the 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 orally by the Commission within one month from 18 November 2010. |
ENQUIRIES
- For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Alex LI)
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.
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