European Union (EU)* : Initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China

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

3 March 2025

Dear Sirs,

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 478/2024 of 6 June 2024, the European Commission published notice C/2025/1461 on 3 March 2025 initiating an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202501461.

2.The product under review is wheels of steel designed for use on the road, whether or not with their accessories and whether or not fitted with tyres, designed for: (i) road tractors; (ii) motor vehicles for the transport of persons and/or the transport of goods; (iii) special purpose motor vehicles (for example, fire fighting vehicles, spraying lorries) ; and (iv) trailers or semi-trailers, not mechanically propelled, of the above listed vehicles, currently falling under CN codes ex 8708 70 10, ex 8708 70 99 and ex 8716 90 90 (TARIC codes 8708 70 10 80, 8708 70 10 85, 8708 70 99 20, 8708 70 99 80, 8716 90 90 95 and 8716 90 90 97). The following products are excluded: (i) road wheels of steel for the industrial assembly of pedestrian-controlled tractors currently falling under subheading 8701 10; (ii) wheels for road quad bikes; (iii) wheel centres in star form, cast in one piece, of steel; (iv) wheels for motor vehicles, specifically designed for uses other than on public roads (for example, wheels for agricultural tractors or forestry tractors, for forklifts, for pushback tractors, for dumpers designed for off-highway use); (v) wheels for passenger car trailers and for caravans, not mechanically propelled, with a rim diameter of not more than 16 inches; and (vi) wheels for trailers or semi-trailers, specifically designed for uses other than on public roads (for example, wheels for agricultural trailers and other trailed agricultural equipment used in fields).

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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