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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

9 March 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 186/2020

European Union (EU)* : Imposition of a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collecting the provisional duty on imports of steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular 753/2019 of 17 October 2019, the European Commission published an implementing regulation (EU) 2020/353 on 4 March 2020 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitively collect the provisional duty on imports of steel road wheels originating in the Mainland of China. The implementing regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0353&from=EN.

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

(a) Product : Wheels of steel designed for use on the road, whether or not with their accessories and whether or not fitted with tyres, designed for:
  • Road tractors,
  • Motor vehicles for the transport of persons and/or the transport of goods,
  • Special purpose motor vehicles (for example, fire fighting vehicles, spraying lorries),
  • Trailers or semi-trailers, not mechanically propelled, of the above listed vehicles
currently falling under CN codes ex 8708 70 10, ex 8708 70 99 and 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).
(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 : 5 March 2020
(d) Duration : 5 years
(e) Collection of Duty : The amounts secured by way of the provisional anti-dumping duty under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1693 shall be definitively collected.

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 comprises of 27 member countries, namely, 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 and Sweden. The United Kingdom (UK) withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020, and has entered an implementation period which is due to last until 31 December 2020. During the implementation period, the EU law will continue to apply in the UK generally.

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.