Trade and Industry Department Commercial Information Circular No. 270/2009

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

20 May 2009

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 270/2009

European Union (EU)* : Impending Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Tungsten Carbide and Fused Tungsten Carbide Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 11/2005 of 7 January 2005, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide originating in the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2009:115:0018:0018:EN:PDF

DETAILS

Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten carbide and fused tungsten carbide originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 10 April 1998 at a rate of 33% of the net, free-at-Community-frontier price before duty. On 8 April 2003, the Commission initiated an expiry review on the anti-dumping measures. Based on the results of the review investigations, the anti-dumping duty was maintained for another five years since 1 January 2005.

Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire on 1 January 2010.

ENQUIRIES

For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Karen CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, 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.

Electronic services for Production Notification, Certificate of Origin, Textiles Notifications, and Cargo Manifests enable traders to lodge/make the relevant applications directly through their office computer faster and easier. Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited currently runs services for the above documents,
and Global e-Trading Services Limited is providing electronic services for Cargo Manifests. Please call the service providers for enquiries on their services:

Global e-Trading Services Limited (Tel. : 8109 1820)
Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel. : 2599 1700)

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 "Business 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. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.