Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
31 July 2020
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 587/2020
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry reviews of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of solar glass originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 375/2019 of 15 May 2019, the European Commission published two Implementing Regulations (EU) 2020/1080 and (EU) 2020/1081 on 23 July 2020 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty and definitive countervailing duties on imports of solar glass originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry reviews. The Implementing Regulations are available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1080&from=EN
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1081&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below –
| (a) Product | : | Solar glass consisting of tempered soda-lime-flat-glass, with an iron content of less than 300 ppm, a solar transmittance of more than 88% (measured according to AM1,5 300–2 500 nm), a resistance to heat up to 250°C (measured according to EN 12150), a resistance to thermal shocks of Δ150K (measured according to EN 12150) and having a mechanical strength of 90 N/mm2 or more (measured according to EN 1288-3), currently falling under CN code ex 7007 19 80 (TARIC codes 7007 19 80 12, 7007 19 80 18, 7007 19 80 80 and 7007 19 80 85) |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | Definitive anti-dumping duty 67.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.5% to 75.4%) Definitive countervailing duties 17.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 3.2% to 17.1%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 24 July 2020 |
| (d) Duration | : | 5 years |
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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