Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
23 April 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 388/2018
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry review of anti-dumping measures on steel ropes and cables originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 106/2017 of 10 February 2017, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti dumping duty imposed on imports of steel ropes and cables originating in the Mainland of China as extended to imports of the same products consigned from Morocco and the Republic of Korea, whether declared as originating in these countries or not, following the expiry review. The regulation is available at http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32018R0607&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Steel ropes and cables including locked coil ropes, excluding ropes and cables of stainless steel, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3 mm, currently falling within CN codes ex 7312 10 81, ex 7312 10 83, ex 7312 10 85, ex 7312 10 89 and ex 7312 10 98 (TARIC codes 7312 10 81 12, 7312 10 81 13, 7312 10 81 19, 7312 10 83 12, 7312 10 83 13, 7312 10 83 19, 7312 10 85 12, 7312 10 85 13, 7312 10 85 19, 7312 10 89 12, 7312 10 89 13, 7312 10 89 19, 7312 10 98 12, 7312 10 98 13 and 7312 10 98 19) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 60.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 21 April 2018 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact Huang Jinxiang, Director of Trade Remedy Division under the Fair Trade Bureau of the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 8620 3881 9083. 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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