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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
5 October 2026
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 866/2026
European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 521/2022 of 29 June 2022, the European Commission published notice C/2026/5019 on 5 October 2026 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in, inter alia, Chinese Mainland. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202605019.
2.The product concerned is certain ring binder mechanisms, consisting of two steel sheets or wires with at least four half-rings made of steel wire fixed on them and which are kept together by a steel cover, and that can be opened either by pulling the half rings or with a small steel trigger mechanism fixed to the ring binder mechanism, currently falling under CN code ex 8305 10 00 (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 19, 8305 10 00 29, 8305 10 00 39, and 8305 10 00 42). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 29 June 2027.
3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in Chinese Mainland have been imposed since 29 June 2022. For mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 29 and 8305 10 00 42), the amount of duty shall be equal to the difference between the minimum import price of EUR 325 per 1,000 pieces and the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty. For mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 19 and 8305 10 00 39), the duty rate is 78.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 51.2%).
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
* The EU comprises 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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 and Sweden.
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