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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
15 November 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 936/2012
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a Provisional Anti-dumping Duty on Imports of Ceramic Tableware and Kitchenware Originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 129/2012 of 16 February 2012, the European Commission has published a regulation (the Regulation) to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tableware and kitchenware 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:2012:318:0028:0065:EN:PDF.
DETAILS
2.Salient points are set out below -
| (a) Product | Ceramic tableware and kitchenware, excluding ceramic knives, currently falling within CN codes ex 6911 10 00, ex 6912 00 10, ex 6912 00 30, ex 6912 00 50 and ex 6912 00 90 (TARIC codes 6911 10 00 90, 6912 00 10 11, 6912 00 10 91, 6912 00 30 10, 6912 00 50 10 and 6912 00 90 10). |
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| (b) Rate of Duty | 58.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 17.6% to 31.2%). |
| (c) Effective Date | 16 November 2012 (the duty will apply for 6 months) |
| (d) Collection of Duty | The release for free circulation in the Union of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security, equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
| (e) Time Limit for Comments | Interested parties may request disclosure of the essential facts and considerations on the basis of which the Regulation was adopted, make their views known in writing and apply to be heard orally by the Commission within one month from 16 November 2012. |
ENQUIRIES
3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Stella CHAN)
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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