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Commercial Information Circular

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

11 July 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 591/2017

European Union (EU)* : Registration of imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 924/2016 of 14 December 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation making the imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China subject to registration for nine months from 9 July 2017.  The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1238&from=EN. 

2.The Commission considers that the complainant has provided sufficient prima facie evidence to justify making the imports subject to registration, so that measures may subsequently be applied against those imports from the date of such registration.

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

(a) Product : Certain corrosion resistant steels which are flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel; aluminium killed; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or with aluminium, and no other metal; chemically passivated; containing by weight: 0.015% or more but not more than 0.170% of carbon, 0.015% or more but not more than 0.100% of aluminium, not more than 0.045% of niobium, not more than 0.010% of titanium and not more than 0.010% of vanadium; presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips, currently falling within CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30 and ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes: 7210 41 00 20, 7210 49 00 20, 7210 61 00 20, 7210 69 00 20, 7212 30 00 20, 7212 50 61 20, 7212 50 69 20, 7225 92 00 20, 7225 99 00 22, 7225 99 00 35, 7225 99 00 92, 7226 99 30 10, 7226 99 70 94). These CN codes are given for information only.

The following products are excluded:
  • of stainless steel, of silicon-electrical steel, and of high-speed steel,
  • not further worked than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced).
(b) Time Limit for Making Requests : All interested parties are invited to make their views known in writing, to provide supporting evidence, or to request with reasons to be heard in writing within 20 days from 8 July 2017.

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.

Note 1 While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
Note 2 The biweekly newsletter "Regulatory Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. It is available at:
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/subindex/en/Regulatory-Alert-EU/1X2ZT68A/1/0.htm.