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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
12 May 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 328/2023
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review and partial interim review of the anti-dumping measure on high tenacity yarns of polyesters originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circulars No. 152/2022 of 23 February 2022 and No. 537/2022 of 4 July 2022, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/934 on 12 May 2023 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of high tenacity yarns of polyesters originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review and partial interim review. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0934.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | High tenacity yarn of polyesters not put up for retail sale, including monofilament of less than 67 decitex, (excluding sewing thread and 'Z'-twisted multiple (folded) or cabled yarn, intended for the production of sewing thread, ready for dyeing and for receiving a finishing treatment, loosely wound on a plastic perforated tube), currently falling under CN Code ex 5402 20 00 (TARIC code 5402 20 00 10) and originating in the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 23.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 9.7% to 17.2%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 13 May 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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