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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
21 June 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 515/2017
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 279/2016 of 24 March 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive anti dumping duty on imports of tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R0942&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below-
| (a) Product | : | Tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder, currently falling within CN codes 2849 90 30 and ex 3824 30 00 (TARIC code 3824 30 00 10) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 33% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 3 June 2017 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
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 5350.
Yours faithfully,
(Y K So)
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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