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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
9 June 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 391/2023
European Union (EU)* : Results of expiry review of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circulars No. 293/2022 of 6 April 2022 and No. 470/2022 of 9 June 2022, the European Commission published two Implementing Regulations (EU) 2023/1122 and 2023/1123 on 8 June 2023 to impose definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review. The Implementing Regulations are available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1122 and https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1123.
2.Salient points of the regulations are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Certain flat-rolled products of iron, non-alloy steel or other alloy steel, whether or not in coils (including 'cut-to-length' and 'narrow strip' products), not further worked than hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, currently falling under CN codes 7208 10 00, 7208 25 00, 7208 26 00, 7208 27 00, 7208 36 00, 7208 37 00, 7208 38 00, 7208 39 00, 7208 40 00, 7208 52 10, 7208 52 99, 7208 53 10, 7208 53 90, 7208 54 00, 7211 13 00, 7211 14 00, 7211 19 00, ex 7225 19 10 (TARIC code 7225 19 10 90), 7225 30 90, ex 7225 40 60 (TARIC code 7225 40 60 90), 7225 40 90, ex 7226 19 10 (TARIC codes 7226 19 10 91, 7226 19 10 95), 7226 91 91 and 7226 91 99 and originating in the Mainland of China, which do not include the following: (i) products of stainless steel and grain-oriented silicon electrical steel; (ii) products of tool steel and high-speed steel; (iii) products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more; and (iv) products, not in coils, without patterns in relief, of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2,050 mm or more. |
| Imposition of definitive anti-dumping duties | ||
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 0% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 10.3% to 31.3%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 9 June 2023 |
| Imposition of definitive countervailing duties | ||
| (d) Rate of duty | : | 35.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 4.6% to 31.5%) |
| (e) Effective date | : | 9 June 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.
| 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. |