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

1 June 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 540/2018

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of expiry review of anti-dumping measures on tungsten electrodes originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 773/2017 of 5 September 2017, the European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice initiating an expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of tungsten electrodes originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2018_186_R_0007&from=EN.

2.To enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all producers in the Mainland of China, or representatives acting on their behalf are requested to make themselves known by providing the Commission with the information requested in Annex I to the notice within 15 days from 31 May 2018^#. All interested parties wishing to submit any other relevant information in this regard must do so within 21 days from 31 May 2018^#. The Commission will inform parties to the investigation about the relevant sources that it intends to use for the purpose of determining normal value, including the selection of an appropriate representative third country where appropriate. With regard to the relevant sources, the producers are requested to provide the information requested in Annex III to the notice within 15 days from 31 May 2018.

3.All interested parties are invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence within 37 days from 31 May 2018^#. They may request to be heard by the Commission investigation services. A request for hearing with or intervention of the Hearing Officer, who reports directly to the Commissioner for Trade of the EU, may also be made. Hearing requests should be made in writing, specifying the reasons for the request, within 15 days from 31 May 2018.

4.Please refer to the notice for further deadlines and details. 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.