Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 294/3
29 June 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 420/2023
United Kingdom (UK) : Result of transition review of the anti-dumping measure on imports of certain heavy plate of non-alloy or other alloy steel products originating in the Mainland of China
The UK Government published a notice 2023/08 on 28 June 2023 to vary the definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain heavy plate of non-alloy or other alloy steel products originating in the Mainland of China following the transition review. The notice is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-remedies-notices-anti-dumping-duty-on-hot-rolled-steel-plate-and-sheet-from-china/trade-remedies-notice-202308-anti-dumping-duty-on-certain-heavy-plate-of-non-alloy-or-other-alloy-steel-products-originating-in-the-peoples-republi.
2.Salient points of the notice are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Flat products of non-alloy or alloy steel (excluding stainless steel, silicon-electrical steel, tool steel and high-speed steel), hot-rolled, not clad, plated or coated, not in coils, of a thickness exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 600 mm or more or of a thickness of 4.75 mm or more but not exceeding 10 mm and of a width of 2.05 m or more, currently falling under UK Global Tariff commodity codes 72 08 51 20 10, 72 08 51 91 10, 72 08 51 98 10, 72 08 52 91 10, 72 08 90 20 10, 72 08 90 80 20, 72 25 40 40 00, 72 25 40 60 10 and 72 25 99 00 45, originating in the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 73.7% of the net, free-at-the-frontier price, before other amounts of import duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 65.1% to 73.1%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 1 March 2022 |
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
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