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

23 July 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 584/2013

European Union (EU) * : Results of an Expiry Review of the Anti-dumping Measures on Imports of Ironing Boards Originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 302/2012 of 25 April 2012 and 868/2012 of 26 October 2012, the Council of the EU has published a regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China following an expiry review. The regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:198:0001:0021:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2.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, currently falling within CN codes ex 3924 90 00, ex 4421 90 98, ex 7323 93 00, ex 7323 99 00, ex 8516 79 70 and ex 8516 90 00 (TARIC codes 3924 90 00 10, 4421 90 98 10, 7323 93 00 10, 7323 99 00 10, 8516 79 70 10 and 8516 90 00 51) and originating in the Mainland of China.
(b) Rate of Duty	:	42.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for six companies whose individual rates range from 18.1% to 39.6%).
(c) Effective Date	:	24 July 2013
(d) Duration	:	5 years

BACKGROUND

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ironing boards originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 27 April 2007. The current rate of duty is 42.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for six companies whose individual duty rates ranging from 18.1% to 39.6%).

4.The European Commission initiated an expiry review on 25 April 2012. As a result of the review, the definitive anti-dumping duty is maintained for imports of ironing boards originating in the Mainland of China for a further five years with effect from 24 July 2013.

ENQUIRIES

5.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, Croatia, 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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