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19 June 2020
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 478/2020
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of definitive countervailing duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China and amendment to definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular 380/2019 of 17 May 2019 and 363/2020 of 29 April 2020, the European Commission published an implementing regulation (EU) 2020/776 on 15 June 2020 to impose definitive countervailing duties and amend the definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The implementing regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R0776&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| Product | : | Fabrics of woven and/or stitched continuous filament glass fibre rovings and/or yarns with or without other elements, excluding products which are impregnated or pre-impregnated (pre-preg), and excluding open mesh fabrics with cells with a size of more than 1.8 mm in both length and width and weighing more than 35g/m2, originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, currently falling under CN codes ex 7019 39 00, ex 7019 40 00, ex 7019 59 00 and ex 7019 90 00 (TARIC codes 7019 39 00 80, 7019 40 00 80, 7019 59 00 80 and 7019 90 00 80). |
| (a) Imposition of definitive countervailing duties | ||
| Rate of duty | : | 30.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.0% to 30.7%) |
| Effective date | : | 16 June 2020 |
| Duration | : | 5 years |
| (b) Amendment to definitive anti-dumping duties | ||
| Amended rate of duty | : | 69.0% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 34.0% to 69.0%) |
| Effective date | : | 16 June 2020 |
For further details on the imposition of the definitive countervailing duties or the amendment of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain woven and/or stitched glass fibre fabrics originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China, please refer to the implementing regulation.
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.
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