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Ref : EIC 631/3/2/1

16 January 2003

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 23/2003

The Mainland of China :Safeguard Measures on Imports of Certain Steel Products

The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (MOFTEC) announced the imposition of safeguard measures on imports of non alloy hot rolled sheets and coils, non alloy cold rolled sheets and coils, organic coated sheets, silicon-electrical steel and stainless cold rolled sheets and coils for a period of 3 years on 19 November 2002. The MOFTEC recently announced that interested parties might submit applications for adjustment of the scope of steel products subject to the safeguard measures during the period 13 January 2003 to 13 March 2003, vide its Notice No. 2/03 dated 13 January 2003.

2. Applications should follow the requirements and format of the application form as attached at Annex. They should be submitted to the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports of MOFTEC within the designated period. Contact details of the Bureau are as follows-

3. For details of the final result of the safeguard investigation on imports of certain steel products and the "Provisional Rules on Adjustment of the Scope of Products Subject to Safeguard Measure", please refer to our CIC Nos. 224/02 and 6/2003 dated 21 November 2002 and 7 January 2003 respectively.

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4. If you have any questions on the content of this circular, please contact Ms. Eugenia CHAN at 2398 5444.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Cindy CK CHENG)

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.