Commercial Information Circular

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

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

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

9 February 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 130/2023

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of lever arch mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 1023/2018 of 12 November 2018, the European Commission published a notice 2023/C 49/07 on 9 February 2023 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of lever arch mechanisms originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2023_049_R_0007&from=EN.

2.The product concerned is lever arch mechanisms generally used for archiving sheets and other documents in binders or files, consist of arched sturdy metal elements (normally two) on a back plate and having at least one opening trigger that permits inserting and filing of sheets and other documents, falling within CN code ex 8305 10 00 (TARIC code 8305 10 00 50). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 10 November 2023.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 28 July 2006. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 47.4% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for one company whose individual duty rate is 27.1%).

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.