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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
11 December 2025
Dear Sirs,
The European Commission published notice C/2025/6555 on 11 December 2025 announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain wires of silico-manganese steel originating in Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202506555.
2.The product under investigation is wire of silico-manganese steel with a cross section with a diameter of 0.6 mm to 4 mm, containing by weight not more than 0.2 % of carbon, 0.6 % or more but not more than 1.4 % of silicon, and 0.9 % or more but not more than 1.9 % of manganese, but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel, whether coated with copper or bronze or wax/oil based lubricant or not, currently classified under CN code (ex) 7229 20 00 (TARIC code 7229 20 00 10).
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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