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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circular

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

12 November 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 1024/2018

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a definitive countervailing duty and amendment to the Commission implementing regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 929/2017 of 27 October 2017 and 944/2018 of 22 October 2018, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to impose a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121 originating in the Mainland of China, and to amend the Commission implementing regulation imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on such imports by revising the rate of definitive anti-dumping duty in force. The regulation is available at :
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R1690&from=EN.

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

(a) Product : Certain pneumatic tyres, new or retreaded, of rubber, of a kind used for buses or lorries, with a load index exceeding 121, currently falling within CN codes 4011 20 90 and ex 4012 12 00 (TARIC code 4012 12 00 10).
(b) Rate of Duty : Definitive countervailing duty :
  • EUR 57.28 per item (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from EUR 3.75 per item to EUR 57.28 per item)
Revised rate of definitive anti-dumping duty :
  • EUR 4.48 per item (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from EUR 0 per item to EUR 38.98 per item)
(c) Effective Date : 13 November 2018

3.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.

# Unless otherwise specified.

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 "Regulatory 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. It is available at:
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/subindex/en/Regulatory-Alert-EU/1X2ZT68A/1/0.htm.