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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
9 August 2011
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 483/2011
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Definitive Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Certain Open Mesh Fabrics of Glass Fibres Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 115/2011 of 17 February 2011, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain open mesh fabrics of glass fibres originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation can be accessed through the following link : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:204:0001:0010:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
2. Salient points are set out below -
(a) Product | : | Open mesh fabrics of glass fibres, of a cell size of more than 1.8 mm both in length and in width and weighing more than 35 g/m2 , excluding fibreglass discs, currently falling within CN codes ex 7019 51 00 and ex 7019 59 00 (TARIC codes 7019 51 00 10 and 7019 59 00 10). |
(b) Rate of Duty | : | 62.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 48.4% to 62.9%). |
(c) Effective Date |
: | 10 August 2011 |
(d) Duration | : | 5 years |
(e) Collection of Duty |
: |
The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of fibreglass discs shall be released upon request. The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of certain open mesh fabrics of glass fibres shall be definitively collected in so far as it concerns products currently falling within CN codes ex 7019 51 00 and ex 7019 59 00. The amounts secured in excess of the definitive rates of the anti-dumping duty shall be released, including amounts which would have been secured for products currently falling within CN codes ex 7019 40 00, ex 7019 90 91 and ex 7019 90 99. |
ENQUIRIES
3. 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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