Commercial Information Circular
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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
14 August 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 694/2017
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 591/2017 of 11 July 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017R1444&from=EN.
2.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:
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| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 28.5% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.2% to 28.5%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 11 August 2017 (the duty will apply for six months). |
| (d) Collection of Duty | : | The release for free circulation in the EU of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
| (e) Time Limit for Requests / Comments | : | Interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the regulation was adopted, submit their written comments, or request to be heard by the Commission and/or the Hearing Officer within 25 days from 11 August 2017. |
3.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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| 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. |