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Ref : EIC 111/3/10/1
14 March 2016
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 255/2016
US : Antidumping Action against Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the Mainland of China : Initiation of Investigation
The US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notices of 10 March 2016 the initiation of antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of stainless steel sheet and strip from the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value. The relevant FR notice on the initiation of antidumping duty investigation is available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-03-10/pdf/2016-05405.pdf.
2.Exporters and producers wishing to obtain separate rate status in the antidumping investigation are required to submit a separate rate status application. The specific requirements for submitting the separate rate application are outlined in detail in the application itself, which is available on the DoC's Web site at http://enforcement.trade.gov/nme/nme-seprate.html. The separate rate application is due 30 days after publication of the FR notice. Also, exporters and producers who submit a separate rate status application and are selected as mandatory respondents are required to respond to all parts of the questionnaire as mandatory respondents to be eligible for separate rate status. DoC requests respondents to submit a response to the separate rate application by the deadlines in order to receive consideration for separate rate status. For further information on the countervailing investigation, traders may wish to contact DoC, whose contact details are set out in the above-mentioned FR notices.
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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 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