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

27 September 2018

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 884/2018

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of anti-dumping and countervailing measures on solar glass originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circular Nos. 450/2014 and 451/2014 of 15 May 2014, the European Commission has published two notices concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of solar glass originating in the Mainland of China. The notices are available at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2018_345_R_0007&from=EN and https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2018_345_R_0008&from=EN.

2.Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notices, the anti-dumping and countervailing duties will expire at midnight of 15 May 2019.

3.Definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 15 May 2014. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 67.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates from 17.5% to 75.4%). The current rate of countervailing duty is 17.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates from 3.2% to 17.1%).

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.