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

15 October 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 751/2020

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 429/2016 of 13 May 2016, the European Commission published a notice 2020/C 331/10 on 7 October 2020 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ring binder mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China.  The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC1007(05)&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is certain ring binder mechanisms consisting of two steel sheets or wires with at least four half-rings made of steel wire fixed on them and which are kept together by a steel cover, and can be opened either by pulling the half rings or with a small steel trigger mechanism fixed to the ring binder mechanism, currently falling within CN code ex 8305 10 00.  Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire at midnight of 13 May 2021. 

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 13 May 2016.  For mechanisms with 17 and 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 21, 8305 10 00 23, 8305 10 00 29 and 8305 10 00 35), the current rate of anti-dumping duty is the differences between the minimum import price of EUR 325 per 1,000 pieces and the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty; for mechanisms other than those with 17 or 23 rings (TARIC codes 8305 10 00 11, 8305 10 00 13, 8305 10 00 19 and 8305 10 00 34), the current rate of anti-dumping duty is 78.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 51.2%).

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.