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

2 August 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 580/2019

European Union (EU)* : Initiation of anti-dumping proceeding on certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in the Mainland of China

The European Commission (the Commission) has published a notice initiating an anti-dumping proceeding concerning imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in the Mainland of China on the basis of a complaint lodged on 19 June 2019 by Kuraray Europe GmbH representing more than 60% of the total production of certain polyvinyl alcohols in the EU. The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52019XC0730(01)&from=EN.

2.The product under investigation is certain PVA in the form of homopolymer resins with a viscosity (measured in 4 % solution) of 3 mPas or more but not exceeding 61 mPas and a degree of hydrolysis of 80.0 mol% or more but not exceeding 99.9 mol%, currently falling within CN code ex 3905 30 00 (TARIC code 3905 30 00 91). Please refer to the notice for the detailed product description. All interested parties wishing to submit information on the product scope must do so within 10 days from 30 July 2019.

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 provide the Commission with the information requested in Annex I to the notice within 7 days from 30 July 2019. 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 Turkey. All exporting producers in the Mainland of China are invited to provide the information requested in Annex III to the notice within 15 days from 30 July 2019.

4.All interested parties are invited to make their views known, submit information and provide supporting evidence within 37 days from 30 July 2019, unless otherwise specified. 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 30 July 2019.

5.The investigation will be concluded within 14 months from 30 July 2019. Provisional measures may be imposed no later than 8 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 and Industry Injury Investigation Division under 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. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Ronnie CHUI)
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.