Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
12 October 2020
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 745/2020
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular 580/2019 of 2 August 2019 and 814/2019 of 11 November 2019, the European Commission published an implementing regulation (EU) 2020/1336 on 29 September 2020 to impose definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain polyvinyl alcohols originating in the Mainland of China. The implementing regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1336&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulations are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Polyvinyl alcohol, whether or not containing unhydrolysed acetate groups, in the form of homopolymer resins with a viscosity (measured in 4% aqueous solution at 20°C) of 3mPa·s or more but not more than 61mPa·s and a degree of hydrolysis of 80.0 mol% or more but not more than 99.9 mol%, both measured according to the ISO 15023-2 method, currently falling under CN code ex 3905 30 00 (TARIC code 3905 30 00 91). |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 72.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.3% to 72.9%) |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 30 September 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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