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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
20 April 2000
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 50/00
European Union (EU) : Extension of the Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on
Certain Tube and Pipe Fittings, of Iron or Steel, Originating in the Mainland
of China to Imports of the Same Products Consigned from Chinese
Taipei Whether Declared as Originating in Chinese Taipei or Not
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 118/99 of 5 August 1999, the Council of the EU has published a regulation in the Official Journal of the European Communities to extend the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the mainland of China to imports of the same products consigned from Chinese Taipei whether declared as originating in Chinese Taipei or not. A copy of the regulation is appended (pdf format) to this circular for reference. Details are as follows:
DETAILS
| (a) | Product | : | Tube and pipe fittings (other than cast fittings), of iron or steel, (not including stainless steel), with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 609.6mm, of a kind used for butt-welding or other purposes, classifiable within CN codes ex 7307 9311, ex 7307 9319, ex 7307 9930 and ex 7307 9990 consigned from Chinese Taipei whether declared as originating in Chinese Taipei or not, except for those fittings produced and exported by Chup Hsin Enterprise Co. Ltd., Rigid Industries Co., Ltd. and Niang Hong Pipe Fittings Co., Ltd |
| (b) |
Rate of Duty
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: | 58.6% of the net, free-at-Commuity-frontier price, before duty |
| (c) |
Effective Date
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15 April 2000. Duty shall also be levied on imports of the products concerned which have been registered with the EU customs authorities since 31 July 1999, except for those products produced and exported by the three companies listed in (a). |
| (d) |
Requests for Exemption
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Requests for exemption from the duty extended shall be made in writing, providing all relevant information, in particular any modification in the company’s activities linked to production and export sales, and sent to the following address : European Commission Directorate-General for Trade Unit C-3 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 B-1049 Brussels Fax : (32-2) 295 6505 |
BACKGROUND
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The Council of the EU imposed on 4 April 1996 a definitive anti-dumping duty of 58.6% on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings, of iron or steel, originating in the mainland of China. Following a request from the Defence Committee of the EC steel butt-welding fittings industry alleging the existence of circumvention of the anti-dumping duties by transshipment of fittings originating in the mainland via Chinese Taipei, the European Commission initiated an anti-circumvention investigation on 31 July 1999 and made the products concerned consigned from Chinese Taipei subject to registration for nine months.
- On the basis of the results of the investigation, the Commission concluded that imports of the products concerned from Chinese Taipei had circumvented and undermined the remedial effects of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain tube and pipe fittings originating in the mainland of China. The Council of the EU has therefore decided to extend the anti-dumping duty at a rate of 58.6% to imports of certain tube and pipe fittings consigned from Chinese Taipei whether declared as originating in Chinese Taipei or not (except the products produced and exported by three companies of Chinese Taipei) with effect from 15 April 2000. The duty imposed shall also be levied on imports of the products concerned which have been registered.
ENQUIRIES
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For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5351.
Yours faithfully,
(Thomas CHEUNG)
for Director-General of Trade
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.