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Ref. : EIC 411/3
11 June 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 564/2018
Argentina : Final Determination of Anti-dumping Investigation against Certain Steel Tubes Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 930/2016 of 15 December 2016 regarding the initiation of anti-dumping (AD) investigation against welded or seamless steel tubes used in oil or gas pipelines, other than those made of stainless steel, with an external diameter not exceeding 406.4mm and a thickness not exceeding 12.7mm, and made in accordance with API 5L/ISO 3183 or any similar standards, classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 7304.19.00 and 7306.19.00 originating in the Mainland of China, the Ministry of Economy and Public Finance ("Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas Públicas" in Spanish) of Argentina issued Resolution No. 214/2018 announcing its final affirmative determination of the subject AD investigation with an AD duty of 26% imposed on the subject merchandise for a period of five years. The Argentine Resolution (in Spanish) is available at: http://www.tarifar.com/tarifar/biblioteca/legislacion/showLeg.jsp?idLey=37246.
ENQUIRIES
2.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Li Xuefei, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Guangdong Department of Commerce at 8620 3881 6201. 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 concerning 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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