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

18 November 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 846/2020

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of anti-dumping measures on cold-rolled flat steel products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 654/2016 of 8 August 2016, the European Commission published a notice 2020/C 389/04 on 16 November 2020 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of cold-rolled flat steel products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC1116(01)&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), currently falling within CN codes ex 7209 15 00, 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91, ex 7209 18 99, ex 7209 25 00, 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90, 7209 28 90, 7211 23 30, ex 7211 23 80, ex 7211 29 00, 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00 (TARIC codes 7209 15 00 90, 7209 18 99 90, 7209 25 00 90, 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95, 7211 23 80 99, 7211 29 00 19 and 7211 29 00 99). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping duty will expire at midnight of 5 August 2021.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 5 August 2016. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 22.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 19.7% to 20.5%).

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.