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Ref. : EIC 111/3/10/1

16 March 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 223/2022

US : Antidumping Action against Freight Rail Coupler Systems and Components from the Mainland of China : Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 747/2021 of 27 October 2021, the US Department of Commerce (DoC) announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 15 March 2022 its preliminary determination that freight rail coupler systems and certain components thereof from the Mainland of China were being, or were likely to be, sold in the US at less than fair value. The dumping margin was found to be 147.11%. The FR notice is available at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-03-15/pdf/2022-05381.pdf.
 
2.             On 19 November 2021, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) already published its preliminary affirmative determination that there was a reasonable indication that an industry in the US was materially injured by reason of imports of freight rail coupler systems and certain components thereof from the Mainland of China. If the final determination of the DoC is affirmative, the ITC will make its final determination on whether the domestic industry in the US is materially injured, or threatened with material injury, by reason of the subject imports within 45 days after the DoC's final determination.

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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 anti-dumping 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,

(Ken NG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

Note: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.