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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
14 May 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 368/2013
European Union (EU) * : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Threaded Tube or Pipe Cast Fittings, of Malleable Cast Iron Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 935/2012 of 15 November 2012, the Council of the EU has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The implementing regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:129:0001:0011:EN:PDF
DETAILS
2.Salient points are set out below -
| (a) Product | : |
Threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, excluding bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid, currently falling within CN code ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10).
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| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 57.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 24.6% to 57.8%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 15 May 2013 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
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(e) Collection of Duty
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The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1071/2012 on imports of threaded tube or pipe cast fittings, of malleable cast iron, excluding bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid, currently falling within CN code ex 7307 19 10 (TARIC code 7307 19 10 10) and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the rates of the definitive anti-dumping duties shall be released.
The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1071/2012 on imports of bodies of compression fittings using ISO DIN 13 metric thread and malleable iron threaded circular junction boxes without having a lid and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China shall also be released. |
ENQUIRIES
3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Stella CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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