Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
2 September 2021
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 624/2021
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on certain PSC wires and strands originating in the Mainland of China
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 447/2020 of 5 June 2020, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1432 on 2 September 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain pre- and post-stressing wires and wire strands of non-alloy steel (PSC wires and strands) originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review. The Implementing Regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32021R1432&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Not plated or not coated wire of non-alloy steel, wire of non-alloy steel plated or coated with zinc and stranded wire of non-alloy steel whether or not plated or coated with not more than 18 wires, containing by weight 0.6% or more of carbon, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3 mm, currently falling under CN codes ex 7217 10 90, ex 7217 20 90, ex 7312 10 61, ex 7312 10 65 and ex 7312 10 69 (TARIC codes 7217 10 90 10, 7217 20 90 10, 7312 10 61 91, 7312 10 65 91 and 7312 10 69 91), originating in the Mainland of China. |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 46.2% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates ranging from 0% to 31.1%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 3 September 2021 |
3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact GONG Zhihong, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 6201. The Division is responsible for, among others, guiding and coordinating enterprises in Guangdong Province in responding to anti-dumping investigations against products from the province.
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.
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