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Ref : EIC 413/3

23 December 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1232/2015

Brazil: Initiation of Anti-circumvention Investigation on Graphite Electrodes Originating in the Mainland of China

The Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of Brazil issued Circular No. 57/2015 on 9 September 2015 announcing the initiation of anti-circumvention investigation against graphite electrodes classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 3801.10.00 and 8545.11.00 originating in the Mainland of China (Mainland China), to determine whether the anti-dumping (AD) duty order imposed on the imports of graphite electrodes originating in the Mainland China since 30 January 2015 covers those graphite electrodes made in the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom yet produced by parts, pieces and components from the Mainland China. The Brazilian Circular (in Portuguese) is available at: http://www.mdic.gov.br/arquivos/dwnl_1441894902.pdf.

2.The investigation will be concluded within six months from the date of its initiation and may be further extended by three months.

ENQUIRIES

3.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Yue Yang, Deputy Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 9936. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong Province in responding to AD investigations against products of the Province.

4.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Lydia CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry


1 The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela.

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.