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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
3 July 2018
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 646/2018
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry review of anti-dumping measures on oxalic acid originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 269/2017 of 19 April 2017, the European Commission has published an implementing regulation to maintain the definitive anti dumping duty imposed on imports of oxalic acid originating in, inter alia, 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:32018R0931&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Oxalic acid, whether in dihydrate (CUS number 0028635-1 and CAS number 6153-56-6) or anhydrous form (CUS number 0021238-4 and CAS number 144-62-7) and whether or not in aqueous solution, currently falling within CN code ex 2917 11 00 (TARIC code 2917 11 00 91) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 52.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for three companies with individual duty rates from 14.6% to 37.7% ) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 3 July 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 5556.
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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