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

11 April 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 331/2014

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 176/2013 of 28 February 2013, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of ferro-silicon originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China following an expiry review. The implementing regulation can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2014_107_R_0004&from=EN.

DETAILS

2.Salient points are set out below:

(a) Product	:	Ferro-silicon, currently falling within CN codes 7202 21 00, 7202 29 10 and 7202 29 90 and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China.
(b) Rate of Duty	:	31.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for two companies whose individual rates are 15.6% and 29% respectively).
(c) Effective Date	:	11 April 2014
(d) Duration	:	5 years

BACKGROUND

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ferro-silicon originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 29 February 2008. The current rate of duty is 31.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for 2 companies whose individual duty rates are 15.6% and 29% respectively).

4.The European Commission initiated an expiry review on 28 February 2013. As a result of the review, the definitive anti-dumping duty is maintained for a further five years with effect from 11 April 2014.

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.