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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circulars

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

16 October 2015

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 964/2015

European Union (EU) * : Results of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of wire rod originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 710/2014 of 4 August 2014, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of wire rod originating in the Mainland of China following an expiry review. The notice can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2015_268_R_0003&from=EN

DETAILS

2.Salient points are set out below-

(a) Product :
Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron, non-alloy steel or alloy steel other than of stainless steel, currently falling within CN codes 7213 10 00, 7213 20 00, 7213 91 10, 7213 91 20, 7213 91 41, 7213 91 49, 7213 91 70, 7213 91 90, 7213 99 10, 7213 99 90, 7227 10 00, 7227 20 00, 7227 90 10, 7227 90 50 and 7227 90 95.
(b) Rate of Duty :
24% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 7.9%).
(c) Effective Date :
16 October 2015
(d) Duration : 5 years

ENQUIRIES

3.For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Jessica MAK)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are 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.

Note 1: While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
Note 2: The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter can be accessed through
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/subindex/en/Business-Alert-EU/1X2ZT68A/1/0.htm.