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Ref : EIC 413/3
22 January 2015
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 84/2015
Brazil : Final Determination of Anti-dumping Investigation against Certain Technical Porcelain Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 759/2014 of 19 August 2014 regarding the preliminary determination of anti-dumping (AD) investigation against certain technical porcelain, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of Brazil issued Resolution No. 122/2014 on 19 December 2014 announcing its final determination that from 19 December 2014 to 18 December 2019, certain technical porcelain classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 6907.90.00 originating in the Mainland of China, will be subject to an AD duty from US$3.34 to US$4.98 per square metre for certain Mainland companies. Imports from other Mainland suppliers will be subject to an AD duty of US$6.42 per square metre. The Brazilian Resolution (in Portuguese) is available at: http://www.camex.gov.br/legislacao/interna/id/1329.
2. The Brazilian government has also reached a price undertaking with companies associated with the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters, which will be in place for five years. Under the price undertaking arrangement, the CIF export price of the subject merchandise may not be lower than US$10.50 per square metre and US$477.27 per tonne, subject to an annual limit of 22 million square metres or 484 million kilogrammes. This limit will be updated at the beginning of 2016 and thereafter, annually until the expiration of the price undertaking.
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3.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 Province.
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
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