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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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Commercial Information Circulars

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

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

23 April 2024

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 311/2024

European Union (EU)* : Impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the Mainland of China

Further to the Commercial Information Circular No. 137/2020 of 19 February 2020, the European Commission published notice C/2024/2798 on 23 April 2024 concerning the impending expiry of the anti-dumping measures on imports of peroxosulphates (persulphates) originating in the Mainland of China. The notice is available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:C_202402798.

2.The product concerned is peroxosulphates (persulphates), including potassium peroxymonosulphate sulphate, currently falling under CN codes 2833 40 00 and ex 2842 90 80 (TARIC code 2842 90 80 20). Unless a review is initiated in accordance with the procedure set out in the notice, the anti-dumping measures will expire at midnight of 18 January 2025.

3.Definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of the product originating in the Mainland of China have been imposed since 18 January 2020. The current rate of anti-dumping duty is 71.8% of the net, free-at-Union-frontier price, before duty (except for two companies whose individual duty rates are 0.0% and 24.5%).

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Ms 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.

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.