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

5 June 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 460/2015

Turkey : Initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of tempered glass lids originating in, inter alia, Hong Kong

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 266/2010 of 4 June 2010, the Ministry of Economy of Turkey (the Ministry) has announced the initiation of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures imposed on imports of tempered glass lids originating in, inter alia, Hong Kong. The Gazette Communiqué (No. 2015/17) (in Turkish) can be accessed through the following link: http://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2015/05/20150521-9.htm. A copy of the unofficial English translation of the Turkish Communiqué is at Annex (pdf format) .

DETAILS

2.Salient points of the expiry review are set out below-

(a) Date of Publication of the Notice of Initiation	:	21 May 2015
(b) Product Coverage	:	Tempered glass lids, normally classified within Turkish customs tariff code 7010 20.00.00.00 (this code is given for information only).
(c) Procedures	:	In order to obtain necessary information for the investigation, the Ministry will send questionnaire and related documents to known exporters/producers in Hong Kong. All documents and materials submitted in response to the questionnaire must be in Turkish. Questionnaire completed by the interested parties must be returned with any other relevant information to the Turkish authority within 37 days from the date of issue of the Gazette Communiqué at the following address : Ministry of Economy Directorate General of Import Dumping and Subsidies Investigation Department İnönü Bulvarı No. 36, Emek Ankara, Turkey

BACKGROUND

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on tempered glass lids originating in, inter alia, Hong Kong has been imposed since 23 May 2010. The current rate of duty is US$ 0.91/kg.

ENQUIRIES

4.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

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