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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
13 May 2016
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 429/2016
European Union (EU)* : Results of an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 149/2015 of 26 February 2015, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain ring binder mechanisms 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=CELEX:32016R0703&from=EN.
DETAILS
2.Salient points of the notice are set out below-
| (a) Product | : | Certain ring binder mechanisms consisting of two steel sheets or wires with at least four half-rings made of steel wire fixed on them and which are kept together by a steel cover. They can be opened either by pulling the half rings or with a small steel trigger mechanism fixed to the ring binder mechanism, currently falling within CN code ex 8305 10 00. (Note: Lever-arch mechanisms classified within the same CN code are not included in the scope of the product.) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : |
For mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 21, 8305 10 00 23, 8305 10 00 29 and 8305 10 00 35), the duty shall be equal to the differences between the minimum import price of EUR 325 per 1,000 pieces and the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty.
For mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 11, 8305 10 00 13, 8305 10 00 19 and 8305 10 00 34), the duty rate is 78.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 51.2%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : |
13 May 2016
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| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
ENQUIRIES
3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.
Yours faithfully,
( Y K So )
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.
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