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Ref. : EIC 413/3
18 March 2021
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 161/2021
Brazil : Preliminary Determination of Anti-dumping Investigation against Hosiery and Socks Originating in the Mainland of China
Pursuant to Commercial Information Circular No. 659/2020 of 31 August 2020 regarding the initiation of anti-dumping (AD) investigation against hosiery and socks classified under Southern Common Market (Mercosur1) Common Classification (NCM) codes 6115 and 6111 originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, the Ministry of Economy of Brazil published Circular No. 19/2021 on 11 March 2021 announcing an affirmative preliminary determination of AD investigation without imposing provisional measures.
2.The Ministry of Economy of Brazil has come to a preliminary determination that there is evidence of dumping in Brazil of imports of hosiery and socks originating in the Mainland of China, and of injury to the domestic industry in Brazil by the allegedly dumped imports. The Brazilian Circular (in Portuguese) is available at: https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/circular-no-19-de-11-de-marco-de-2021-308013202.
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3.For traders involved in the export of the subject product produced in Guangdong, please contact Gong Zhihong, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation 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.
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact Miss K Y HO at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Sandra FUNG)
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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