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

8 June 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 268/2010

European Union (EU)* : Results of an Expiry Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Sodium Cyclamate Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 128/2009 of 10 March 2009, the Council of the EU has published a regulation announcing the decision to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of sodium cyclamate originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China following an expiry review. The regulation can be accessed through the following link : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:140:0002:0016:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

Salient points are set out below -

(a) Product

Sodium cyclamate, falling within CN code ex 2929 90 00 (TARIC code 2929 90 00 10).

(b) Rate of Duty

EUR 0.26 per kilogramme (except for three companies with individual duty rates ranging from EUR 0 to EUR 0.11 per kilogramme).

9 June 2010

(d) Duration

Five years

BACKGROUND

Definitive anti-dumping duty on sodium cyclamate originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China had been imposed since 12 March 2004 with duty rate of EUR 0.26 per kilogramme (except for three companies with individual duty rates ranging from EUR 0 to EUR 0.11 per kilogramme).

At the request of Productos Aditivos SA, the sole Union producer of sodium cyclamate, the European Commission initiated an expiry review on 10 March 2009. As a result of the review, the definitive anti-dumping duty on sodium cyclamate originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been maintained with effect from 9 June 2010.

ENQUIRIES

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.

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