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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
6 December 2024
Dear Sirs,
The European Commission published notice C/2024/7403 on 6 December 2024 announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of high-pressure seamless steel cylinders originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202407403.
2.The product under investigation is high-pressure seamless cylinders for compressed or liquefied gas, of steel, of all diameters and volume capacities, whether or not threaded, regardless of internal coating or plating, regardless of external finishing and shape, whether or not with a gas bladder inserted, regardless of the cylinders' fitting with a valve, neck ring, foot ring or piping, whether or not fastened together to form a bundle, currently classified under CN codes ex 7311 00 11, ex 7311 00 13, ex 7311 00 19 and ex 7311 00 30 (TARIC codes 7311 00 11 15, 7311 00 11 80, 7311 00 13 15, 7311 00 13 80, 7311 00 19 15, 7311 00 19 80, 7311 00 30 15 and 7311 00 30 80). Non-refillable cylinders of capacities up to and including 120ml, covered by European standard EN 16509:2014 and/or UN-number 2037 assigned by the United Nations Committee of Experts on the Transport of Dangerous Goods are not part of the product under investigation.
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact ZHENG Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 9797. 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 Jenny MOK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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