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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
14 April 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 274/2023
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on certain stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, whether or not finished, originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 92/2022 of 26 January 2022, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/809 on 14 April 2023 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain stainless steel tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, whether or not finished, 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:32023R0809&from=EN.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Tube and pipe butt-welding fittings, of austenitic stainless steel grades, corresponding to AISI types 304, 304L, 316, 316L, 316Ti, 321 and 321H and their equivalent in the other norms, with a greatest external diameter not exceeding 406.4 mm and a wall thickness of 16 mm or less, with a roughness average (Ra) of the internal surface not less than 0.8 micrometres, not flanged, whether or not finished, currently falling under CN codes ex 7307 23 10 and ex 7307 23 90 (TARIC codes 7307 23 10 50, 7307 23 10 55, 7307 23 90 50 and 7307 23 90 55) and originating in, inter alia, the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 64.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 30.7% to 55.3%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 15 April 2023 |
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.
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