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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : CR EIC 413/3/3

17 March 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 202/2015

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

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 733/2014 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  originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, 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 the Mainland of China and that the dumping caused injury to its domestic industry. As a result of the determination, Brazil will impose an AD duty of US$2.09/kg to US$2.35/kg on imports of the subject product from the Mainland of China 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).

ENQUIRIES

4.For traders involved in the export of the subject product in the Guangdong Province, please contact Zhang Ping, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 9936. The Division is responsible for, among others, conducting antidumping investigations, and guiding and coordinating enterprises in the Guangdong province in responding to antidumping investigations against products from the Guangdong Provinc.

5.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.

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.