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

11 February 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 165/2016

European Union (EU)* : Modification of the address of a company subject to anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of citric acid originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 89/2015 of 23 January 2015, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice concerning the modification of the address of a company subject to the anti-dumping duty, at an individual duty rate,imposed on imports of citric acid originating in the Mainland of China. The notice can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2016_044_R_0005&from=EN

2.The company concerned notified the Commission of its change of address. The Commission had examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of addressin no way affects the individual duty rate applicable to citric acid produced by the company.

BACKGROUND

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of citric acid originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 4 December 2008. As a result of an expiry review initiated in November 2013, the applicable rate of the definitive anti-dumping duty has been maintained at 42.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 15.3% to 42.7%).

OTHER INFORMATION

4.Consequent to a circumvention investigation, the anti-dumping duty has been extended with effect from 16 January 2016 to imports of the same products consigned from Malaysia, regardless of whether they are declared as originating in Malaysia or not. For details, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No. 82/2016 of 18 January 2016.

ENQUIRIES

5.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.