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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13
11 March 2024
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 193/2024
European Union (EU)* : Result of expiry review of the anti-dumping measures on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China
Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 127/2023 of 8 February 2023, the European Commission published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/819 on 11 March 2024 to impose a definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels 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_202400819.
2.Salient points of the regulation are set out below -
| (a) Product | : | Certain corrosion resistant steels, i.e. flat‑rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non‑alloy steel; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or aluminium and/or magnesium, whether or not alloyed with silicon; chemically passivated; with or without any additional surface treatment such as oiling or sealing; containing by weight: not more than 0.5 % of carbon, not more than 1.1 % of aluminium, not more than 0.12 % of niobium, not more than 0.17 % of titanium and not more than 0.15 % of vanadium; presented in coils, cut‑to‑length sheets and narrow strips, currently falling under CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7210 90 80, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7212 50 90, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30, ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes: 7210 41 00 20, 7210 41 00 30, 7210 49 00 20, 7210 49 00 30, 7210 61 00 20, 7210 61 00 30, 7210 69 00 20, 7210 69 00 30, 7210 90 80 92, 7212 30 00 20, 7212 30 00 30, 7212 50 61 20, 7212 50 61 30, 7212 50 69 20, 7212 50 69 30, 7212 50 90 14, 7212 50 90 92, 7225 92 00 20, 7225 92 00 30, 7225 99 00 22, 7225 99 00 23, 7225 99 00 41, 7225 99 00 92, 7225 99 00 93, 7226 99 30 10, 7226 99 30 30, 7226 99 70 13, 7226 99 70 93, 7226 99 70 94), and originating in the Mainland of China. The following products are excluded:
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| (b) Rate of duty | : | 27.9% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price before duty (except for a number of companies with individual duty rates from 17.2% to 27.8%) |
| (c) Effective date | : | 12 March 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 5350.
Yours faithfully,
(Galen KOT)
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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