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Commercial Information Circular

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

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

21 January 2019

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 63/2019

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on electric bicycles originating in the Mainland of China

Further to Commercial Information Circulars Nos. 703/2018 of 19 July 2018 and 1193/2017 of 22 December 2017, the European Commission has published two implementing regulations to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and a definitive countervailing duty on imports of electric bicycles originating in the Mainland of China. The regulations are available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0073&from=EN and https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R0072&from=EN.

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

(a) Product : Cycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor, currently falls within CN codes 8711 60 10 and ex 8711 60 90 (TARIC code 8711 60 90 10).
(b) Rate of duty : Definitive anti-dumping duty :
  • 62.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 10.3% to 70.1%)
Definitive countervailing duty :
  • 17.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 3.9% to 17.2%)
(c) Effective date : 19 January 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 "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.