Commercial Information Circular

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

6 June 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 386/2023

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

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 151/2019 of 22 February 2019, the European Commission published a notice 2023/C 198/08 on 6 June 2023 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of chamois leather 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_198_R_0008.

2.The product concerned is chamois leather and combination chamois leather, whether or not cut to shape, including crust chamois leather and combination crust chamois leather, currently falling within CN codes 4114 10 10 and 4114 10 90. Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 22 February 2024.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 15 September 2006. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 58.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty.

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.