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

8 August 2016

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 654/2016

European Union (EU) * : Imposition and retroactive levy of a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 173/2016 of 15 February 2016 and 1185/2015 of 14 December 2015, the European Commission has published two implementing regulations to (i) impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China; and (ii) levy retroactively the definitive anti-dumping duty on such imports registered since 13 December 2015. The regulations are available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R1328 and http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016R1329.

DETAILS

2.Salient points of the regulations are set out below-

(a) Product :
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), but not including:
  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical,
  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all width, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0.35 mm, annealed (known as 'black plates'),
  • flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all width, of silicon-electrical steel, and
  • flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel,
currently falling within CN codes ex 7209 15 00, 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91, ex 7209 18 99, ex 7209 25 00, 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90, 7209 28 90, 7211 23 30, ex 7211 23 80, ex 7211 29 00, 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00
(b) Rate of Duty :
22.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates at 19.7% or 20.5%)
(c) Effective Date :
5 August 2016
(d) Rate of Retroactive Duty : 16% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates at 13.7% or 14.5%)

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.

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.