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Ref : 230/2/3/2/13
15 May 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 378/2013
European Union (EU) * : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 936/2012 of 15 November 2012 and 137/2013 of 7 February 2013, the Council of the EU has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware originating in 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:2013:131:0001:0045:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
2.Salient points are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Ceramic tableware and kitchenware, excluding ceramic knives, ceramic condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, ceramic peelers, ceramic knife sharpeners and cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread, currently falling within CN codes ex 6911 10 00, ex 6912 00 10, ex 6912 00 30, ex 6912 00 50 and ex 6912 00 90 (TARIC codes 6911 10 00 90, 6912 00 10 11, 6912 00 10 91, 6912 00 30 10, 6912 00 50 10 and 6912 00 90 10). |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 36.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 13.1% to 23.4%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 16 May 2013 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
| (e) Collection of Duty | : |
The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1072/2012 on imports of ceramic condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, ceramic peelers, ceramic knife sharpeners and cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread shall be released.
The amounts secured by way of provisional anti-dumping duties pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1072/2012 on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware, excluding ceramic knives, ceramic condiment or spice mills and their ceramic grinding parts, ceramic peelers, ceramic knife sharpeners and cordierite ceramic pizza-stones of a kind used for baking pizza or bread, shall be definitively collected. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall 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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