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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

28 October 2022

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 844/2022

European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on  certain cold-rolled flat steel products originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 558/2021 of 3 August 2021, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2068 on 27 October 2022 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain cold-rolled flat steel 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:32022R2068&from=EN.

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

(a) Product : Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, or other alloy steel but excluding of stainless steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated and not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), currently falling under CN ex 7209 15 00 (TARIC code 7209 15 00 90), 7209 16 90, 7209 17 90, 7209 18 91, ex 7209 18 99 (TARIC code 7209 18 99 90), ex 7209 25 00 (TARIC code 7209 25 00 90), 7209 26 90, 7209 27 90, 7209 28 90, 7211 23 30, ex 7211 23 80 (TARIC codes 7211 23 80 19, 7211 23 80 95 and 7211 23 80 99), ex 7211 29 00 (TARIC codes 7211 29 00 19 and 7211 29 00 99), 7225 50 80 and 7226 92 00 and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
(The following products are excluded:
  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, not further worked than cold-rolled, whether or not in coils, of all thickness, electrical;
  • flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel, of all widths, cold-rolled (cold-reduced), not clad, plated or coated, in coils, of a thickness of less than 0.35 mm, annealed (known as 'black plates');
  • flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of all widths, of silicon-electrical steel; and
  • flat-rolled products of alloy steel, not further worked than cold-rolled (cold-reduced), of high-speed steel.)
(b) Rate of duty : 22.1% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 19.7% to 20.5%)
(c) Effective date : 28 October 2022

3.For traders involved in the exports of the subject product from the Guangdong Province, please contact ZHENG Jingmin, Director of Trade Remedy and Industry Injury Investigation Division under the Department of Commerce of Guangdong Province, at 86 20 3881 9797.  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.