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Ref : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
1 August 2016
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 641/2016
European Union (EU) * : Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 220/2016 of 29 February 2016, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of aspartame originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R1247.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below-
| (a) Product | : |
Aspartame (N-L-α-Aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester, 3-amino-N-(α-carbomethoxy-phenethyl)-succinamic acid-N-methyl ester), CAS RN 22839-47-0, originating in the Mainland of China, currently falling within CN code ex 2924 29 98 (TARIC code 2924 29 98 05)
(Note: It was decided to remove preparations and mixtures containing aspartame from the product definition.) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : |
59.4% on the CIF Union border price, customs duty unpaid
(except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 55.4% to 59.4%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : |
30 July 2016
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| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
| (e) Collection of Duty | : | The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty imposed by the Commission with effect from 27 February 2016 shall be definitively collected |
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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