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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

19 March 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 123/2010

European Union (EU)* : Impending Expiry of Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Hand Pallet Trucks and Their Essential Parts Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 274/2005 of 23 July 2005, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts originating in the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through the following link : 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2010:070:0029:0029:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

  1. Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of hand pallet trucks and their essential parts originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 22 July 2005 at a rate of 46.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for four companies with individual duty rates ranging from 7.6% to 39.9%).

  1. Consequent to a circumvention investigation, anti-dumping duty has been extended with effect from 17 June 2009 to imports of the same product consigned from Thailand, whether declared as originating in Thailand or not (for details, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No. 308/2009).

  1. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in section 2 of the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire on 22 July 2010.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,



(Alex LI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) 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.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.