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Ref.: EIC 230/2/3/2/13
12 November 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 1023/2018
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry review of anti-dumping measures on lever arch mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 764/2017 of 1 September 2017, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti‑dumping duty imposed on imports of lever arch mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review. The regulation is available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1684&from=EN.
2Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Lever arch mechanisms generally used for archiving sheets and other documents in binders or files, consist of arched sturdy metal elements (normally two) on a back plate and having at least one opening trigger that permits inserting and filing of sheets and other documents, falling within CN code ex 8305 10 00 (TARIC code 8305 10 00 50). |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 47.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 27.1% ) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 10 November 2018 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact Li Xuefei, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Fair Trade Bureau of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 8620 3881 6201. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.
Yours faithfully,
(Manus LUI)
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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