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

21 July 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 599/2022

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of steel ropes and cables originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 388/2018 of 23 April 2018, the European Commission published a notice 2022/C 280/06 on 21 July 2022 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of steel ropes and cables originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2022_280_R_0006&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is steel ropes and cables including locked coil ropes, excluding ropes and cables of stainless steel, with a maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeding 3 mm, currently falling within CN codes ex 7312 10 81, ex 7312 10 83, ex 7312 10 85, ex 7312 10 89 and ex 7312 10 98 (TARIC codes 7312 10 81 12, 7312 10 81 13, 7312 10 81 19, 7312 10 83 12, 7312 10 83 13, 7312 10 83 19, 7312 10 85 12, 7312 10 85 13, 7312 10 85 19, 7312 10 89 12, 7312 10 89 13, 7312 10 89 19, 7312 10 98 12, 7312 10 98 13 and 7312 10 98 19). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 21 April 2023.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of the product originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China has been imposed since 18 August 1999. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 60.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty. As a result of a previous expiry review, the duty as extended to imports of the same product consigned from Morocco and the Republic of Korea, whether declared as originating in these countries or not, is maintained with effect from 21 April 2018.

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.