Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
17 October 2019
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 753/2019
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 221/2019 of 26 March 2019, the European Commission (the Commission) has published an implementing regulation to impose a provisional anti‑dumping duty on imports of steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China. The regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019R1693&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below-
| (a) Product | : | Road wheels of steel, whether or not with their accessories and whether or not fitted with tyres, currently falling within CN codes ex 8708 70 10, ex 8708 70 99, ex 8716 90 90 (TARIC codes 8708 70 10 80, 8708 70 10 85, 8708 70 99 20, 8708 70 99 80, 8716 90 90 95, and 8716 90 90 97). These CN codes are given for information only. |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 66.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rate at 50.3%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 11 October 2019 (the duty will apply for six months). |
| (d) Collection of Duty | : | The release for free circulation in the EU of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
| (e) Time Limit for Comments | : | Interested parties shall submit their written comments within 15 days from 11 October 2019. |
3.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.
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| 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. |