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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Commercial Information Circular

24-hour hotline : 23 922 922

e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

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

9 August 2023

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 568/2023

European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measure on tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 442/2022 of 1 June 2022, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1618 on 9 August 2023 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder originating in the Mainland of China following the expiry review. The Implementing Regulation is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:JOL_2023_199_R_0006.

2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -

(a) Product : Tungsten carbide, fused tungsten carbide and tungsten carbide simply mixed with metallic powder, currently falling under CN codes 2849 90 30 and ex 3824 30 00 (TARIC code 3824 30 00 10) and originating in the Mainland of China
(b) Rate of duty : 33% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty
(c) Effective date : 10 August 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.