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

4 December 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1084/2017

European Union (EU)* : Re-imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China and produced by a number of Chinese exporting producers & Implementation of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 204/2017 of 20 March 2017, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation re-imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty, for the period from 7 October 2006 to 31 March 2011, on imports of certain footwear with uppers of leather originating in the Mainland of China and produced by Dongguan Luzhou Shoes Co. Ltd, Dongguan Shingtak Shoes Co. Ltd, Guangzhou Dragon Shoes Co. Ltd, Guangzhou Evervan Footwear Co. Ltd, Guangzhou Guangda Shoes Co. Ltd and Zhaoqing Li Da Shoes Co., Ltd, having assessed the claims made by these exporting producers for market economy treatment (MET) /individual treatment (IT) and concluded that none of them should be granted MET or IT. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1982&from=EN.

2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -

3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Manus LUI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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.

¹ 'sports footwear' shall mean footwear within the meaning of subheading note 1 to Chapter 64 of Annex I of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1719/2005.

² 'footwear involving special technology' shall mean footwear having a CIF price per pair of not less than EUR 7.5, for use in sporting activities, with a single- or multi-layer moulded sole, not injected, manufactured from synthetic materials specially designed to absorb the impact of vertical or lateral movements and with technical features such as hermetic pads containing gas or fluid, mechanical components which absorb or neutralise impact, or materials such as low-density polymers and falling within CN codes ex 6403 91 11, ex 6403 91 13, ex 6403 91 16, ex 6403 91 18, ex 6403 91 91, ex 6403 91 93, ex 6403 91 96, ex 6403 91 98, ex 6403 99 91, ex 6403 99 93, ex 6403 99 96, ex 6403 99 98.

³ 'slippers and other indoor footwear' shall mean such footwear falling within CN code ex 6405 10 00.

⁴ 'footwear with a protective toecap' shall mean footwear incorporating a protective toecap with an impact resistance of at least 100 joules and falling within CN codes: ex 6403 30 00 , ex 6403 51 11, ex 6403 51 15, ex 6403 51 19, ex 6403 51 91, ex 6403 51 95, ex 6403 51 99, ex 6403 59 11, ex 6403 59 31, ex 6403 59 35, ex 6403 59 39, ex 6403 59 91, ex 6403 59 95, ex 6403 59 99, ex 6403 91 11, ex 6403 91 13, ex 6403 91 16, ex 6403 91 18, ex 6403 91 91, ex 6403 91 93, ex 6403 91 96, ex 6403 91 98, ex 6403 99 11, ex 6403 99 31, ex 6403 99 33, ex 6403 99 36, ex 6403 99 38, ex 6403 99 91, ex 6403 99 93, ex 6403 99 96, ex 6403 99 98 and ex 6405 10 00.