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

26 July 2011

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 440/2011

European Union (EU)* : Extension of the Anti-dumping Measures Imposed on Imports of Certain Iron or Steel Fasteners Originating in the Mainland of China to Imports of the Same Products Consigned from Malaysia, whether Declared as Originating in Malaysia or not

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 489/2010 of 28 October 010, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to extend the definitive anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China to imports of the same products consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not. The regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:194:0006:0013:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. The European Commission (the Commission) published on 28 October 2010 a regulation to initiate an investigation into the possible circumvention of the anti-dumping measures imposed on certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China by imports of the same products consigned from Malaysia. The regulation also required imports of the product concerned consigned from Malaysia to be subject to registration.

3. Based on the findings of the circumvention investigation, the Council has decided that, with effect from 27 July 2011, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain iron or steel fasteners originating in the Mainland of China is extended to imports of the same products consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not, and 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.

4. The Commission may authorise, by decision, the exemption of imports from companies which do not circumvent the anti-dumping measures from the anti-dumping duty extended by this regulation. Requests for exemption shall be made in writing in one of the official languages of the EU and must be signed by a person authorised to represent the applicant. The request must be sent to the following address :

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate H
Office: N105 04/92
1049 Brussels
Belgium
Fax : +32 2295 6505

5. With the extension of the anti-dumping duty, the registration requirement of imports of the product concerned consigned from Malaysia, whether declared as originating in Malaysia or not, is discontinued from the same date.

BACKGROUND

6. 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

7. 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

* 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.

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