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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
7 March 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 183/2017
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells) originating in or consigned from the Mainland of China and termination of partial interim review
Further to Commercial Information Circular Nos. 1163/2015 and 1167/2015 of 8 December 2015, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules and key components (i.e. cells) originating in or consigned from the Mainland of China following the expiry review and to terminate the partial interim review. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0367&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels and cells of the type used in crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules or panels (the cells have a thickness not exceeding 400 micrometres), currently falling within CN codes ex 8501 31 00, ex 8501 32 00, ex 8501 33 00, ex 8501 34 00, ex 8501 61 20, ex 8501 61 80, ex 8501 62 00, ex 8501 63 00, ex 8501 64 00 and ex 8541 40 90 (TARIC codes 8501 31 00 81, 8501 31 00 89, 8501 32 00 41, 8501 32 00 49, 8501 33 00 61, 8501 33 00 69, 8501 34 00 41, 8501 34 00 49, 8501 61 20 41, 8501 61 20 49, 8501 61 80 41, 8501 61 80 49, 8501 62 00 61, 8501 62 00 69, 8501 63 00 41, 8501 63 00 49, 8501 64 00 41, 8501 64 00 49, 8541 40 90 21, 8541 40 90 29, 8541 40 90 31 and 8541 40 90 39) and originating in or consigned from the Mainland of China, unless they are in transit in the sense of Article V GATT. The following product types are excluded from the definition of the product concerned:
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| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 53.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 27.3% to 64.9%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 4 March 2017 |
| (d) Duration | : | 18 months |
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact Yue Yang, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Fair Trade Bureau of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 8620 3881 9083. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Jessica MAK)
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.
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