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

22 December 2010

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 601/2010

European Union (EU)* : Results of an Anti-dumping Proceeding Concerning Imports of Ironing Boards limited to one Chinese Exporting Producer and a Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Ironing Boards Originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 498/2009 of 2 October 2009, the Council of the EU has published two regulations announcing the decisions to (i) exclude one Chinese exporting producer, Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd (Since Hardware) from the definitive anti-dumping measure imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China since 27 April 2007, in order not to make Since Hardware fall under two anti-dumping proceedings at the same time; and (ii) impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China produced by Since Hardware following a review of the anti-dumping measures on Since Hardware. The regulations can be accessed through the following links :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:338:0008:0009:EN:PDF; and http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:338:0022:0034:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

Salient points are set out below –

(a) Product

Ironing boards, whether or not free-standing, with or without a steam soaking and/or heating top and/or blowing top, including sleeve boards, and essential parts thereof, i.e. the legs, the top and the iron rest originating in the Mainland of China and produced by Since Hardware, falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 00, ex 4421 90 98, ex 7323 93 90, ex 7323 99 91, ex 7323 99 99, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924 90 00 10, 4421 90 98 10, 7323 93 90 10, 7323 99 91 10, 7323 99 99 10, 8516 79 70 10 and 8516 90 00 51).

(b) Rate of Duty

35.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty

23 December 2010

(d) Duration

Shall remain in force until 27 April 2012.

BACKGROUND

Definitive anti-dumping duty on ironing boards originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 27 April 2007. The current duty in force is 42.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for six companies with individual duty rates ranging from 18.1% to 39.6%) consequent to a previous partial interim review (please refer to the Commercial Information Circular No. 144/2010 of 31 March 2010 for details), as well as this review of the anti-dumping measures on Since Hardware.

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

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