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

17 May 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 383/2022

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 181/2018 of 14 February 2018, the European Commission published a notice 2022/C 197/04 on 16 May 2022 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China.  The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52022XC0516(01)&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is certain corrosion resistant steels, i.e. flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel; aluminium killed; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or with aluminium, and no other metal; chemically passivated; containing by weight: 0.015% or more but not more than 0.170% of carbon, 0.015% or more but not more than 0.100% of aluminium, not more than 0.045% of niobium, not more than 0.010% of titanium and not more than 0.010% of vanadium; presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips, currently falling within CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30 and ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes: 7210 41 00 20, 7210 49 00 20, 7210 61 00 20, 7210 69 00 20, 7212 30 00 20, 7212 50 61 20, 7212 50 69 20, 7225 92 00 20, 7225 99 00 22, 7225 99 00 92, 7226 99 30 10, 7226 99 70 94).  The following products are excluded: of stainless steel, of silicon-electrical steel, and of high-speed steel; and not further worked than hot-rolled or cold-rolled (cold-reduced).  Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 9 February 2023.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 9 February 2018.  The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 27.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.2% to 27.8%).

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Tracy MAK)
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.