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

27 April 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 349/2020

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of anti-dumping measures on aluminium foils originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 1210/2015 of 21 December 2015, the European Commission published a notice 2020/C 98/10 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of aluminium foils originating in the Mainland of China.  The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC0325(01)&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is aluminium foil of a thickness of not less than 0.008 mm and not more than 0.018 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a width not exceeding 650 mm and of a weight exceeding 10 kg, currently falling within CN code ex 7607 11 19 (TARIC code 7607 11 19 10).  Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire at midnight of 19 December 2020. 

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 19 December 2015.  The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 30% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies whose individual duty rates range from 6.4% to 24.2%).

4.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.