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Ref : EIC 111/3/10/1
8 January 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 42/2015
US : Countervailing Action against Certain Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires from the Mainland of China : Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 1 December 2014 the preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies were being provided to producers and exporters of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the Mainland of China. On 30 December 2014, DoC amended its preliminary determination and the amended countervailing duty rates were found to be 12.03% - 81.29%. Relevant FR notices are available at: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-01/pdf/2014-28257.pdf and http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12-30/pdf/2014-30544.pdf.
2.On 21 August 2014, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) already issued its preliminary affirmative determination that there was a reasonable indication that an industry in the US was materially injured by reason of imports of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the Mainland of China. The investigation will now proceed to the final phase. If the final determination of the DoC is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination on whether an industry in the US is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of imports of certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from the Mainland of China within 45 days after the DoC's final determination.
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3.For enquiries concerning this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Janice LAU)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry