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

14 July 2021

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 493/2021

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 260/2017 of 13 April 2017, the European Commission published a notice 2021/C 227/02 on 12 July 2021 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of okoumé plywood originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2021_277_R_0002&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness, with at least one outer ply of okoumé not coated by a permanent film of other materials, falling within CN code ex 4412 31 10 (TARIC code 4412 31 10 10). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 7 April 2022.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of okoumé plywood originating in the Mainland of China has been imposed since 7 April 2017. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 66.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 6.5% to 23.5%).

4.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.