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

9 January 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 26/2012

European Union (EU)* : Results of an Expiry Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Certain Stainless Steel Fasteners and Parts Thereof Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 536/2010 of 19 November 2010, the Council of the EU has published a regulation announcing the decision to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China consequent to an expiry review. The regulation can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:005:0001:0015:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2. Salient points are set out below -

(a) Product	:	Certain stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof, currently falling within CN codes 7318 12 10, 7318 14 10, 7318 15 30, 7318 15 51, 7318 15 61 and 7318 15 70.
(b) Rate of Duty	:	27.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 11.4% and 12.2% respectively).
(c) Effective Date	:	8 January 2012
(d) Duration	:	Five years

BACKGROUND

3. Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain stainless steel fasteners and parts thereof originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 20 November 2005. The rate of duty is 27.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 11.4% and 12.2% respectively).

4.The European Commission initiated an expiry review on 19 November 2010. As a result of the review, the definitive anti-dumping duty is maintained for a further five years with effect from 8 January 2012.

ENQUIRIES

5. 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.