Commercial Information Circular
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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
18 April 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 262/2017
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 797/2016 of 12 October 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive anti dumping duty on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0649&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below-
| (a) Product | : | Certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including 'cut-to-length' and 'narrow strip' products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, currently falling within CN codes: 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC code 7226 19 10 90), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99 Does not include:
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| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 35.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 18.1% to 35.9%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 7 April 2017 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
| (e) Collection of Duty | : | The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed by the Commission with effect from 8 October 2016 shall be definitively released. |
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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