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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
17 September 2021
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 657/2021
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 672/2020 of 3 September 2020, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1483 on 16 September 2021 imposing a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of stainless steel cold-rolled flat products originating in, inter alia, 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:32021R1483&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the Regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), currently falling under CN codes 7219 31 00, 7219 32 10, 7219 32 90, 7219 33 10, 7219 33 90, 7219 34 10, 7219 34 90, 7219 35 10, 7219 35 90, 7219 90 20, 7219 90 80, 7220 20 21, 7220 20 29, 7220 20 41, 7220 20 49, 7220 20 81, 7220 20 89, 7220 90 20 and 7220 90 80, originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. |
| (b) Rate of Duty | : | 25.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates ranging from 24.4% to 24.6%). |
| (c) Effective Date | : | 17 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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