Trade and Industry Department Commerical Information Circular No. 502/2010

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

5 November 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 502/2010

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of a Partial Interim Review of the Anti-dumping
Measures on Imports of Coumarin Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 358/2008 of 11 July 2008, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice to initiate a partial interim review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of coumarin 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:2010:299:0004:0005:EN:PDF

DETAILS

The review was initiated at the own initiative of the Commission and is limited in scope to the examination of injury.

The Commission has been informed that the sole producer of coumarin, which constituted the EU industry in the investigation that lead to the imposition of the existing anti-dumping measures, has decided to discontinue production of coumarin within the EU at the end of August 2010. As such, an investigation is initiated to examine whether or not the maintenance of the existing measures is warranted.

Review Procedures

Salient points of the partial interim review are set out below-

(a) Date of Publication of the Notice of Initiation	:	5 November 2010
(b) Product Coverage	:	Coumarin, currently falling within CN code ex 2932 21 00.
(c) Procedures	:	In order to obtain information, all interested parties must make themselves known, present their views or provide any other information to the Commission within 37 days from 5 November 2010, unless otherwise specified. They may also apply to be heard within 37 days from 5 November 2010. All correspondence must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) indicating the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party and should be sent to the following address : European Commission Directorate-General for Trade Directorate H Office: N 105 4/92 1049 Brussels Belgium Fax : +32 22956505 If interested parties consider that they are encountering difficulties in the exercise of their rights of defence, they may request the intervention of the Hearing Officer of DG Trade, who offers, where necessary, mediation on procedural matters affecting the protection of their interests in this proceeding, in particular, with regard to issues concerning access to the file, confidentiality, extension of time limits and the treatment of written and/or oral submission of views. For further information and contact details, interested parties may consult the Hearing Officer's web pages on the website of DG Trade (http://ec.europa.eu/trade).
(d) Investigation Schedule	:	Investigation will be concluded within 15 months from 5 November 2010.

BACKGROUND

Definitive anti-dumping duties on coumarin originating in the Mainland of China were first imposed on April 1996 and were extended for another five years starting from 10 May 2002 subsequent to an expiry review.

Based on the findings of two separate circumvention investigations, the definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on imports of coumarin originating in the Mainland of China were extended to : (a) imports of the same products consigned from India or Thailand (with effect from 1 January 2005), whether declared as originating in India or Thailand or not; and (b) imports of the same products consigned from Indonesia or Malaysia (with effect from 11 November 2006), whether declared as originating in Indonesia or Malaysia or not.

As a result of another expiry review in 2007, the definitive anti-dumping duties were extended for another five years with effect from 12 July 2008.

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 Ltd runs services for all the above documents. Brio Electronic Commerce Ltd provides services for Cargo Manifests and Certificate of Origin. Global e-Trading Services Ltd provides services for Cargo Manifests.
Please call the service providers for enquiries on their services:

Brio Electronic Commerce Limited (Tel: 2111 1288)
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.
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