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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
14 February 2024
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 148/2024
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of ceramic tiles originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 923/2022 of 22 November 2022, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/493 on 13 February 2024 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ceramic tiles 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:L_202400493.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Glazed and unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed and unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing, currently falling under HS code 6907, and originating in the Mainland of China |
| (b) Rate of duty | : | 69.7% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 13.9% to 36.5%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 14 February 2024 |
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 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.
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