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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
25 October 2024
Dear Sirs,
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 696/2024 of 23 August 2024, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2721 on 25 October 2024 to make imports of steel track shoes originating in the Mainland of China currently under the anti-dumping investigation subject to registration. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L_202402721. Salient points of the Implementing Regulation are set out below.
2.The product concerned is certain types of steel shoes, with or without rubber pads attached thereto, whether or not assembled in a track chain, with a maximum length of 3 000 mm, used on machines currently falling under headings 8426, 8429 or 8430, or conveyor belts currently falling under heading 8428, currently classified under CN codes ex 8431 49 20, ex 8431 39 00, and ex 8431 49 80 (TARIC codes 8431 49 20 10, 8431 39 00 20 and 8431 49 80 10).
3.The Implementing Regulation will enter into force on 26 October 2024. For further details, please refer to the above Implementing Regulation.
4.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.
5.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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