Commercial Information Circular
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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
7 July 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 581/2017
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry reviews of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of certain coated fine paper originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 435/2016 of 16 May 2016, the European Commission has published two implementing regulations to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty and the definitive countervailing duty imposed on imports of certain coated fine paper originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry reviews. The regulations are available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1188&from=EN.
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1187&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below –
| (a) Product | : |
Coated fine paper which is paper or paperboard coated on one or both sides (excluding kraft paper or kraft paperboard), in either sheets or rolls, and with a weight of 70 g/m2 or more but not exceeding 400 g/m2 and brightness of more than 84 (measured according to ISO 2470-1), currently falling within CN codes ex 4810 13 00, ex 4810 14 00, ex 4810 19 00, ex 4810 22 00, ex 4810 29 30, ex 4810 29 80, ex 4810 99 10 and ex 4810 99 80 (TARIC codes 4810 13 00 20, 4810 14 00 20, 4810 19 00 20, 4810 22 00 20, 4810 29 30 20, 4810 29 80 20, 4810 99 10 20 and 4810 99 80 20), which does not include:
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| (b) Rate of Duty | : |
Definitive anti-dumping duty
27.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 8.0% to 35.1%) Definitive countervailing duty 12% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 4.0% to 12%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 5 July 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 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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