Commercial Information Circular

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

4 June 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 542/2018

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of anti-dumping proceeding on hot-rolled steel sheet piles originating in the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice initiating an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of hot-rolled steel sheet piles originating in the Mainland of China on the basis of a complaint lodges on 10 April 2018 by EUROFER on behalf of three EU producers representing 100% of the total production of hot-rolled steel sheet piles in the EU. The notice is available at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52018XC0524(02)&from=EN.

2.The product under investigation is hot-rolled steel sheet piles defined as sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled, punched or made from assembled elements, composed of hot rolled corrugated sheets with interlocks that can form an impervious continuous wall, currently falling within CN code ex 7301 10 00 (TARIC code 7301 10 00 10). Cold-formed steel sheet piles are excluded. The codes are given for information only.

3.To enable the Commission to decide whether sampling is necessary and, if so, to select a sample, all exporting 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 24 May 2018^#. All interested parties wishing to submit any other relevant information in this regard must do so within 21 days from 24 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. A possible representative third country is South Africa. With regard to the relevant sources, the exporting producers are requested to provide the information requested in Annex III to the notice within 15 days from 24 May 2018.

4.All interested parties are invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence within 37 days from 24 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 24 May 2018.

5.The investigation will be concluded within 15 months from 24 May 2018. Provisional measures may be imposed no later than nine months from the same date. Please refer to the notice for further deadlines and details.

6.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 trade defence investigations against products from the province. 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.