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Ref : EIC 411/3
2 August 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 654/2017
Argentina : Final Determination of Anti-circumvention Investigation against Certain Coated Papers Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 956/2016 of 20 December 2016 regarding the initiation of anti-circumvention investigation against single- or double-side coated papers and paperboards with kaolin or other inorganic substances; in rolls, in square or rectangular sheets; with the weight of total fibre content ranging from 10% to 50% and containing fibres obtained by a mechanical or chemi-mechanical process, classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) code 4810.29.90 originating in the Mainland of China, the Argentine government issued Resolution No. 316/2017 to determine that the subject Chinese products are circumventing the anti-dumping (AD) duty order imposed on the Chinese imports of certain coated papers classified under NCM codes 4810.13.89, 4810.13.90, 4810.19.89 and 4810.19.90. An ad valorem AD duty, amounts to 39.56%, is levied on FOB prices on the subject Chinese products. The relevant Argentine Resolution (in Spanish) is available at: http://servicios.infoleg.gob.ar/infolegInternet/anexos/275000-279999/277119/norma.htm.
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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