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Ref : CR EIC 413/3/3

17 March 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 201/2015

Brazil : Final Determination of the Anti-dumping Investigation against Certain Pre-sensitized Offset Aluminium Printing Plates Allegedly Originating in Hong Kong

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 726/2014 of 7 August 2014 regarding the preliminary determination of anti-dumping (AD) investigation against certain pre-sensitized offset aluminium printing plates classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur¹) Common Classification (NCM) codes 3701.30.21 and 3701.30.31 allegedly originating in, inter alia, Hong Kong, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of Brazil published Resolution No. 9/2015 on 5 March 2015 announcing its final determination of the AD investigation.

2.According to the Resolution, Brazil's investigation concluded the existence of dumping in respect of pre-sensitized offset aluminum printing plates originating in Hong Kong and that the dumping caused injury to its domestic industry. As a result of the determination, Brazil will impose an AD duty of US$5.86/kg on imports of the subject product from Hong Kong for a period of 5 years from 5 March 2015 to 5 March 2020.

3.For details, please consult the Brazilian Resolution at: http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1352 (only available in Portuguese).

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

Yours faithfully,

(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

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

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