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Ref : EIC 631/3/2/1

31 May 2005

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 190/2005

The Mainland of China : Anti-dumping Investigation against Imports of o-Dihydroxybenzene (Catechol, Pyrocatechol, C₆H₆O₂) from the United States and Japan

The Ministry of Commerce issued Notice No. 29/2005 on 31 May 2005, announcing the initiation of an anti-dumping investigation against imports of o-Dihydroxybenzene (Catechol, Pyrocatechol, C₆H₆O₂ ) from the United States and Japan. The relevant tariff code of the General Administration of Customs is 2907 2910.

2. Interested parties may approach the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports and the Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation of the Ministry of Commerce to participate in the defence of anti-dumping and industry injury investigation respectively within 20 days from the date of the announcement (i.e. 31 May 2005). In the applications to the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports and Exports, the interested parties should submit information about the quantity and value of the investigated products exported to the Mainland during the period 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2004. In the applications to the Bureau of Industry Injury Investigation, the interested parties should submit information about their manufacturing capacity, production volume, inventory level, quantity and value of the investigated products exported to the Mainland, as well as the details of any expansion plans during the period 1 January 2001 - 31 December 2004. The contact details of the two Bureaux are as follows:

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

Yours faithfully,

(Hugo CHIU)

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.