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Ref : EIC 413/3
2 May 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 311/2017
Brazil : Imposition of Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Certain Steel Stranded Wires Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 626/2016 of 28 July 2016 regarding the initiation of anti-dumping (AD) investigation against high-carbon steel stranded wire, with a high tensile strength and low relaxation, having three or seven wires, also known as low relaxation strand or pre-stressed concrete strand, classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 7312.10.90 originating in the Mainland of China, the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade (MDIC) of Brazil issued Resolution No. 128/2016 announcing its imposition of provisional AD duty on the subject merchandise for six months. Imports from certain Mainland companies are subject to an AD duty ranging from US$351.30 per tonne to US$562.70 per tonne, until 22 June 2017. The relevant Brazilian Resolution (in Portuguese) is available at: http://www.camex.itamaraty.gov.br/gecex/62-resolucoes-da-camex/em-vigor/1769-resolucao-n-128-de-22-de-dezembro-de-2016.
ENQUIRIES
2.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Yue Yang, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 9083. 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.
3. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Mr Lewis LAU at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Lydia CHAN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
1 The Southern Common Market (Mercosur) includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. Membership of Venezuela has been temporarily suspended since 2 December 2016.
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