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

3 August 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 547/2023

European Union (EU) * : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of certain organic coated steel products originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 334/2019 of 6 May 2019, the European Commission published two notices 2023/C 273/04 and 2023/C 274/08 on 2 and 3 August 2023 respectively concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of certain organic coated steel products originating in the Mainland of China. The notices are available at:
2023/C 273/04: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2023_273_R_0004
2023/C 274/08: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOC_2023_274_R_0008.

2.The product concerned is certain organic coated steel products, i.e. flat-rolled products of non-alloy and alloy steel (not including stainless steel) which are painted, varnished or coated with plastics on at least one side, currently falling within CN codes ex 7210 70 80, ex 7212 40 80, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes 7210 70 80 11, 7210 70 80 91, 7212 40 80 01, 7212 40 80 21, 7212 40 80 91, 7225 99 00 11, 7225 99 00 91, 7226 99 70 11 and 7226 99 70 91). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping and countervailing measures will expire at midnight of 4 May 2024.

3.Definitive anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 16 March 2013. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 13.6% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 0.0% to 26.1%). The current rate of countervailing duty is 44.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 13.7% to 29.7%).

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 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.