Commercial Information Circular
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Ref. : EIC 294/3
30 August 2023
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 603/2023
United Kingdom (UK) : Results of transition review of the anti-dumping and countervailing measures on imports of certain hot-rolled flat products of iron, non-alloy or other alloy steel originating in the Mainland of China
The UK Government published notices 2023/14 and 2023/15 on 29 August 2023 to vary the 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 transition review. The notices are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-remedies-notices-anti-dumping-duty-on-hot-rolled-iron-and-steel-products-from-china/trade-remedies-notice-202314-anti-dumping-duty-on-certain-hot-rolled-flat-products-of-iron-non-alloy-or-other-alloy-steel-originating-in-the-people and https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-remedies-notices-countervailing-duty-on-hot-rolled-iron-and-steel-products-from-china/trade-remedies-notice-202315-countervailing-duty-on-certain-hot-rolled-flat-products-of-iron-non-alloy-or-other-alloy-steel-originating-in-the-peop.
2.Salient points of the notices 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 UK Global Tariff commodity codes 72 08 10 00 00, 72 08 25 00 00, 72 08 26 00 00, 72 08 27 00 00, 72 08 36 00 00, 72 08 37 00 10, 72 08 37 00 90, 72 08 38 00 10, 72 08 38 00 90, 72 08 39 00 10, 72 08 39 00 90, 72 08 40 00 10, 72 08 40 00 90, 72 08 52 10 00, 72 08 52 99 00, 72 08 53 10 00, 72 08 53 90 00, 72 08 54 00 00, 72 11 13 00 11, 72 11 13 00 19, 72 11 14 00 10, 72 11 14 00 91, 72 11 14 00 95, 72 11 19 00 10, 72 11 19 00 91, 72 11 19 00 95, 72 25 19 10 90, 72 25 30 90 00, 72 25 40 60 90, 72 25 40 90 00, 72 26 19 10 91, 72 26 19 10 95, 72 26 91 91 11, 72 26 91 91 19, 72 26 91 99 00 and originating in the Mainland of China, which do not include the following:
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| Variation of definitive anti-dumping duties | ||
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 0.0% 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 0.3% to 31.3%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 7 April 2022 |
| Variation of definitive countervailing duties | ||
| (d) Rate of duty | : | 35.9% 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 4.6% to 31.5%) |
| (e) Effective date | : | 10 June 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
Note: 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.