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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
28 October 2010
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 489/2010
European Union (EU)*: Initiation of an Investigation Concerning the Possible Circumvention of Anti-dumping Measures Imposed on Imports of Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners Originating in the Mainland of China by Imports of Such Products Consigned from Malaysia, whether Declared as Originating in Malaysia or not, and Making Such Imports Subject to Registration
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 60/2009 of 2 February 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a regulation to initiate an investigation concerning the possible circumvention of anti-dumping measures imposed on certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China by imports of such products consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not. The regulation also requires imports of the product concerned to be subject to registration. The regulation can be accessed through the following link: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:282:0029:0032:EN:PDF.
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Salient points are set out below-
| (a) Date of Publication of the Notice | : | 28 October 2010 |
| (b) Product Coverage | : | Certain iron or steel fasteners, other than of stainless steel, i.e. wood screws (excluding coach screws), self-tapping screws, other screws and bolts with heads (whether or not with their nuts or washers, but excluding screws turned from bars, rods, profiles or wire, of solid section, of a shank thickness not exceeding 6 mm and excluding screws and bolts for fixing railway track construction material), and washers, currently falling within CN codes ex 7318 12 90, ex 7318 14 91, ex 7318 14 99, ex 7318 15 59, ex 7318 15 69, ex 7318 15 81, ex 7318 15 89, ex 7318 15 90, ex 7318 21 00 and ex 7318 22 00 (TARIC codes 7318 12 90 11, 7318 12 90 91, 7318 14 91 11, 7318 14 91 91, 7318 14 99 11, 7318 14 99 91, 7318 15 59 11, 7318 15 59 61, 7318 15 59 81, 7318 15 69 11, 7318 15 69 61, 7318 15 69 81, 7318 15 81 11, 7318 15 81 61, 7318 15 81 81, 7318 15 89 11, 7318 15 89 61, 7318 15 89 81, 7318 15 90 21, 7318 15 90 71, 7318 15 90 91, 7318 21 00 31, 7318 21 00 95, 7318 22 00 31 and 7318 22 00 95). |
| (c) Procedures | : |
In order to obtain necessary information for the investigation, the Commission will send questionnaires to the known exporters/producers and associations of exporters/producers in Malaysia and the Mainland of China, to the known importers and associations of importers in the Union, and to the authorities of the Mainland of China and Malaysia. Information, as appropriate, may also be sought from the Union industry. Interested parties should request a copy of the questionnaire from the Commission within 15 days from 28 October 2010. All interested parties may make their views known in writing (including submitting questionnaire replies) and apply to be heard by the Commission within 37 days from 28 October 2010, unless otherwise specified. All correspondence must be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise specified) indicating the name, address, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers of the interested party and should be sent to the following address :
European Commission |
| (d) Registration of Imports | : |
With effect from 29 October 2010, imports of the product concerned are subject to registration by the EU's customs authorities. The registration shall expire nine months from 29 October 2010. Should the investigation, which will be concluded within nine months from 29 October 2010, result in findings of circumvention, anti-dumping duties of an appropriate amount can be levied retroactively from the date of registration of such imports consigned from Malaysia. |
| (e) Exemption from Registration of Imports or Measures | : |
Imports of the products concerned may be exempted from registration or measures if such importation does not constitute circumvention. Producers in Malaysia requesting exemption of imports from registration or measures should submit a request duly supported by evidence within 37 days from 28 October 2010, unless otherwise specified. |
BACKGROUND
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Definitive anti-dumping duties on certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 1 February 2009. The current duty in force is 85.0% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 0% to 79.5%).
ENQUIRIES
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For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Alex LI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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