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Commercial Information Circular

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

26 July 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 612/2022

European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on certain molybdenum wires originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 435/2021 of 29 June 2021, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1305 on 26 July 2022 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain molybdenum wires 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:32022R1305&from=EN.

2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -

(a) Product : Molybdenum wire, containing by weight at least 97% of molybdenum,
  • of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1.35 mm but does not exceed 4.0 mm, originating in the Mainland of China, currently falling under CN code ex 8102 96 00 (TARIC codes 8102 96 00 19 and 8102 96 00 30); and
  • of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 4.0 mm but does not exceed 11.0 mm originating in the Mainland of China, currently falling under CN code ex 8102 96 00 (TARIC codes 8102 96 00 20 and 8102 96 00 40).
(b) Rate of duty : 64.3% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty
(c) Effective date : 27 July 2022

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 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.

Note 1 While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
Note 2 "Regulatory Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. It is available at:
https://research.hktdc.com/en/regulatory-alerts/eu.