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Commercial Information Circular

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

6 May 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 334/2019

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on certain organic coated steel products originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circulars No. 364/2018 of 17 April 2018, the European Commission has published two implementing regulations to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and a definitive countervailing duty on imports of certain organic coated steel products originating in the Mainland of China. The regulations are available at :
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0687&from=EN and
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0688&from=EN.

2.Salient points of the regulations are set out below -

(a) Product : Certain organic coated steel products, i.e. flat-rolled products of non-alloy and alloy steel (not including stainless steel) which are painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, currently falling within CN codes ex 7210 70 80, ex 7212 40 80, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes 7210 70 80 11, 7210 70 80 91, 7212 40 80 01, 7212 40 80 21, 7212 40 80 91, 7225 99 00 11, 7225 99 00 91, 7226 99 70 11 and 7226 99 70 91). Please refer to the regulations for detailed product descriptions.
(b) Rate of Duty : Definitive anti-dumping duty:
  • 13.6% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 0.0% to 26.1%)
Definitive countervailing duty:
  • 44.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 13.7% to 29.7%)
(c) Effective Date : 4 May 2019

3.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.

Note 1 While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
Note 2 The biweekly newsletter "Regulatory Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. It is available at:
http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/subindex/en/Regulatory-Alert-EU/1X2ZT68A/1/0.htm.