Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
21 June 2021
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 413/2021
European Union (EU)* : Imposition of provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium converter foil originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 819/2020 of 9 November 2020, the European Commission published an implementing regulation (EU) 2021/983 on 18 June 2021 to impose a provisional anti-dumping duty on imports of aluminium converter foil originating in the Mainland of China. The implementing regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R0983&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Aluminium converter foil of a thickness of less than 0.021 mm, not backed, not further worked than rolled, in rolls of a weight exceeding 10 kg, currently falling under CN code ex 7607 11 19 (TARIC codes 7607 11 19 60 and 7607 11 19 91). |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 29.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 16.0% to 29.1%). |
| (c) Effective date | : | 19 June 2021 (the duty will apply for six months). |
| (d) Collection of duty | : | The release for free circulation in the EU of the product shall be subject to the provision of a security deposit equivalent to the amount of the provisional duty. |
3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Serena YUEN)
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.
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